326 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



Sarcophaga SERICEA. 



Cinerea ; caput Jlavo-alhum ; palpi fulvi; antennce articulo 3o ferrugineo ; 

 thorax nigro trivittatus ; abdomen canum, tessellatvm, apice nigra ; 

 ala limpidce. 



Cinereous : head shiuing, yelloivish tvhite, clothed behind and beneath 

 with white hairs ; frontalia broad, grayish black, widening from the eyelets 

 to the feelers, minutely striated : mouth pitchy ; palpi tawny : third joint 

 of the feelers dark ferruginous : chest ivith three black stripes and with two 

 gray streaks : abdomen hoary, tessellated, shining ; tip black : legs black ; 

 hips and thighs with a hoary tinge; shanks gray: wings colourless ; veins 

 black, tawny at the base : alulae white : halteres tawny. Length of the 

 body 4i lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



East Indies. 



Sarcophaga fulvivitta. 



Nigra ; caput pallide auratum ; palpi ferruginei ; thorax mttis quxituor 

 auratis ; abdomen canum, nigro tessellatum, apice nigro ; alee sub- 

 cinerece. 



Black : head pale gold-colour, clothed behind and beneath with pale 

 yellow hairs ; frontalia deep black : palpi ferruginous : feelers black : chest 

 with four very slightly gilded stripes, each inner one inclosing a blackish 

 streak: breast hoary: abdomen hoary, tessellated with black; tip black: 

 legs black : wings very slightly gray ; veins black : alulae whitish with pale 

 buff borders : halteres tawny. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



South America. 



Sarcophaga calida? Wied. 



Nigra ; caput auratum, facie alba ; thorax vittis quatuor vix auratis ; 

 abdomen subuuratum, nigro tessellatum, apice nigro ; alee subcinerem. 



Sarcophaga calida? Wied. Ausseur. Ziveiflug. Ins. ii. 366, 24. 



Black: head pale gold-colour, tvhite about the face, clothed behind and 

 beneath with white hairs; frontalia black, narrow, slightly widening towards 



