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Legs. — First femur not hairy ; second and third femora 

 and tibiae devoid of hair, no " comb" on second femur. 

 Abdomen shorter than in male, oval ; the middle black line 

 extending on to last segment. 



Described from specimens bred by Mr. Henry Tryon from 

 fish, in Brisbane. We have also collected one male attracted 

 to bad meat in Brisbane. 



10. Sarcophaga misera Walker 1849 (Fig. 22). 



Syns. : 8. frontalis Thomson 1868. 



S. frontalis (in part) Froggatt 1907. 



S. frontalis Tryon 1917. 



S. misera Cleland 1912, 1913. 



S. misera Johnston and Bancroft 1920 (a and b). 



A moderate-sized fly, approximately 12 mm. in length, 

 though some specimens may be as small as 7 mm. 



Male. — Head. — Parafrontals pale golden, somewhat darkly 

 tinged. Breadth of front at narrowest point about one-fifth 

 width of head ; cheek height one third that of eye. Eyes 

 dark red-brown. Frontal stripe dark brown, almost black. 

 First antenna! segment inconspicuous ; second large and 

 black ; third black, tinged with grey, and about twice the 

 length of the second. Arista plumose for over half its length. 

 One row of black chsetse behind eyes. Bristles below these 

 irregular, dark, merging into longer golden hairs on genae. 

 Anterior part of cheek provided with long black chsetse. First 

 segment of proboscis black, tinged with silver and pink ; 

 second segment shiny black ; hairs of proboscis dark golden. 

 Palj^s varying from brown to almost black. Lateral verticals 

 absent. Vibrissse inserted just above the oral margin. A 

 single row of ten frontal bristles present, reaching down below 

 the insertion of antenna. 



Thorax greyish, tinged with gold ; sometimes rather 

 bright gold in appearance. Three dark irregular longitudinal 

 stripes, extending on to the scutellum. Thorax at wing inser- 

 tion pinkish. Bristles on thorax rather short, reclinate. 

 Three humeral bristles present, of which the lowest is the 

 longest. Anterior acrostichals absent. Three anterior dorso- 

 centrals present, but very short. Outer presutural very large. 



