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posterior portion bears a long thin bent chitinous process ; 

 while laterally there is a curious tube-like structure of a pale- 

 brown colour. 



Female. — This differs from the male in the following 

 characters : — Front about four-fifths the eye-width. A row 

 of eight frontals beside the frontal stripe, and three large 

 bristles beside the eye ; lateral verticals well developed. 

 Three rows of black bristles behind eyes ; the first row well 

 developed ; the second irregular ; the third very incomplete. 

 Thoracic chsetotaxy as in male, except that the apical scutellars 

 are absent. Legs as in male except that the second femur is 

 not hairy and no " comb" develops ; third femur not hairy. 

 Abdomen more rounded than in male ; very slightly hairy 

 beneath, and then only posteriorly. 



Described from a number of males and females bred from 

 decaying meat in Brisbane in December 1920. 



20. Sarcophaga bancrofti n. sp. (Fig. 8). 



In general appearance a rather small form, measuring 

 about 7 mm. in length. 



Male. — Head. — Front prominent ; less than one-third 

 the width of eye. Eye reddish yellow. Frontal stripe very 

 dark chocolate, wide below, but narrowing off towards the 

 ocelH. Parafrontals pale golden above and beside the frontal 

 stripe, the remainder silvery and heavily pollinose. Mesofacial 

 plates a beautiful dark ferruginous colour ; genae and meta- 

 cephalon bright golden. The three antennal joints of a 

 brilliant ochre ; first joint clearly visible ; second usual 

 size ; third over twice the length of second. Arista plumose 

 for well over half its length, and not very much longer than 

 the three antennal joints combined. Vibrissse inserted close to 

 oral margin. Six facials, eight peris tomials, and a row of ten 

 frontals present. Verticals not very strongly developed. 

 Two rows of black bristles behind eyes ; the lower row rather 

 incomplete. Back of head coated with silvery hairs, which 

 become longer below, but do not develop into a beard-like 

 growth. Cheeks coated with black bristles. Proboscis as 

 usual ; palps like antennae. 



Thorax golden with the usual longitudinal black stripes, 

 which do not extend on to scutellum. Lateral and ventral 



