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Female. — This differs from the male in the following 

 characters : — Front less than one-third width of head. A row 

 of eleven frontals beside the frontal stripe, three others 

 immediately beside the eye, and converging above on to the 

 first row. Lateral verticals nearly as large as verticals. Scutel- 

 lar apicals absent. Legs not hairy. Anterior femur with 

 very complete ventral row of bristles ; only shghtly hairy. 

 In the second femur, the median ventral row is poorly 

 developed ; no '' comb" is differentiated. Third femur not 

 hairy. Pulvilli in the form of short tubes. Abdomen a little 

 longer than thorax ; oval. Sometimes grey, at other times 

 distinctly golden. Ordinary black markings present. A 

 black stripe, sometimes very distinct, runs down the middle 

 of the abdomen. Dorsal surface with small reclinate bristles ; 

 ventral surface hairy, especially posteriorly. 



Tlais species appears to be identical with *S'. ochripalpis 

 Thomson 1868, originally described from Sydney. We have 

 suggested that S. irrequieta may perhaps be synonymous with 

 S. musca described many years earlier by Robineau-Desvoidy 

 (1830). Walker's type specimen, a female, came from the 

 Houtman's Abrolhos, off the coast of West Australia. Our 

 material was bred from decaying meat in Brisbane. 



9. Sarcophaga eta n. sp. (Fig. 14). 

 In general appearance a medium-sized fly^ about 11 mm. 

 in length and closely resembling S. irrequieta Walker. 



Male. — Head. — Front a little prominent, about half the 

 width of eyes. Frontal stripe very dark brown, a little wider 

 than parafrontals. The latter silvery, tinged faintly with 

 gold ; cheeks a little paler. Rear of head faintly golden, 

 almost silvery. Mesofacial plates silvery, tinged with gold ; 

 borders blackish. Eyes red- brown. First antennal joint 

 longer than usual, easily visible ; second more slender and 

 longer than usual, nearly black ; third joint less than twice 

 length of second. Arista plumose but not very strongly so. 

 Proboscis dark brown ; palps very dark ferruginous, almost 

 black. The ptilinal suture remains very distinct throughout 

 life. A row of nine frontals beside the frontal stripe. Vibrissae 

 inserted just above oral margin. Five rather small facials 

 present ; peristomials eight in number, not very large. Cheeks 

 provided with small black bristles. Two rows of black bristles 

 behind eyes, the upper the more complete. Back of head covered 



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