in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 309 



are somewhat tinged witli cinereous ; abdonnen tessellated ; legs 

 black ; wings grey ; veins black, normal. 



Length of the body 3g lines; of the wings 7 lines. 



Mexico. 



Sarcophaga conclausa. 

 Foem. — Cinerea, vix robusta, capite aurato facie albida, fronta- 

 libus atris antice sublatesceniibus, thorace vittis tribus atris 

 lateribus subauratis, abdomine tessellato subaurato apice 

 aurato, pedibus nigris validis, alis cinereis, alulis albidis. 

 Female. — Cinereous, hardly stout : head gilded ; hind part and 

 face whitish ; frontalia deep black, very slightly widening in front ; 

 epistoma not prominent ; thorax with three regular black stripes, 

 its sides slightly gilded ; abdomen very slightly gilded, very 

 regularly tessellated ; last segment gilded ; legs black, stout ; 

 wings grey ; veins black, normal ; alulae whitish. 



This may possibly be the female of 5. perneta, but it can be 

 distinguished from that species by the difference of colour, and by 

 the narrower and more regular stripes of the thorax. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 6g lines. 

 Mexico. 



Sarcophaga despensa. 

 Ftein. — Cinerea, sat gracilis, capite albido, frontalibus nigris 

 linearibus, thorace vittis tribus latis cinereo-nigris, abdomine 

 e maculis nigris tessellato, pedibus nigris validis, breviusculis, 

 alis cinereis, alulis albis. 

 Female. — Cinereous, rather slender : head whitish ; frontalia 

 black, linear ; epistoma not prominent ; thorax with three black 

 stripes which have a cinereous tinge ; abdomen tessellated with 

 four rows of black spots ; legs black, stout, short ; wings grey ; 

 veins black, normal ; aluJEe white. 



Length of the body 3| lines; of the wings G lines. 

 Mexico. 



Sarcophaga effrenata. 

 Mas. — Cinerea, vix robusta, capite albo, vertice cinereo, fronta- 

 libus nigris antice angustioribus, thorace vittis tribus nigris, 

 abdomine tessellato apice fulvo, pedibus nigris validis, alis 

 cinertis, alulis albidis. 

 Male. — Cinereous, hardly stout : head white ; vertex cinereous ; 

 frontalia black, narrower in front; epistoma not prominent; 

 thorax with three black stripes, the middle one narrower than the 



