SARCOPHAGID FLIES FROM SOUTH-EASTERN QUEENSLAND. 53 



ferruginous. The second joint bears a prominent bristle. 

 A row of thirteen frontal bristles present. Vibrissae inserted 

 well above oral margin. Seven facial and five long peri- 

 stomial bristles present. Lateral verticals inconspicuous. 



Thorax golden, with the usual three longitudinal stripes, 

 the middle one alone extending on to scutellum. Sides and 

 ventral surface of thorax golden. Anterior acrostichals present, 

 but very feebly developed. Of the posterior acrostichals only 

 the prescutellar represented ; these are moderately strong. 

 Row of dorsocentrals complete ; last in row very large. Scutel- 

 lar apicals present. Anterior intra-alar bristle about as large 

 as prescutellar acrostichal. Humeral bristle large but not 

 extending beyond pronotum. Anterior spiracle dark chocolate 

 coloured, protected by a heavy growth of short golden hairs. 



Legs black and grey. First femur tinged with gold ; 

 hairy. Second femur hairy, but not heavily so ; last tibia 

 hairv. Pulvilli dark brown, fringed with silvery hairs. 



Abdomen in male a little longer than thorax, conical ; 

 silvery with the usual black and silvery marldngs, and fre- 

 quently tinged with gold. Median dorsal black stripe not 

 extending on to last segment. Abdomen hairy beneath. First 

 segment of hypopygium brown, anterior portion almost 

 grejdsh ; second, dark shining brown, almost black, the 

 whole provided with long curly black hairs. Forceps angular 

 and fairly sharp-pointed, the upper half provided with a 

 number of short anteriorly directed bristles, and with long black 

 hairs. Accessory plates dark brown, hairy. Claspers dark 

 brown, almost black ; the anterior pair especially strong, due 

 to a great thickening of the lower tw^o-thirds. First joint of 

 penis dark brown ; second dark brown, black in parts, bordered 

 with white antero-ventrally, and provided mth hooks and 

 chitinous processes, as figured (Fig. 19). 



Female. — This differs from the male in the following im- 

 portant characters : — Front slightly more prominent than in 

 male ; about five-sixths the width of eyes. Eleven frontal 

 bristles beside the frontal stripe, and three beside eye ; these 

 latter extremely large, even more so than in »S^. tri/oni ; practi- 

 cally only in this respect can the two females b? distinguished. 

 Lateral verticals very large. Scutellar apical bristles present, 

 but small and fairly close together. First femur clothed with 

 short hairs ventrally ; longitudinal row of bristles very well 



