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little iu front of the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at one-third 

 of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at half the length ; radial vein 

 ending at about four-fifths of the length ; cubital vein ending very near 

 the tip of the costal ; praebrachial vein emitting a short branch, form- 

 ing a hardly obtuse angle at its flexure, near which it is slightly curved 

 inward, and is thence almost straight to its tip ; discal transverse vein 

 with two curves, the hind one much deeper than the other, parted from 

 the flexure of the praebrachial by a little more than half its length, and 

 by much more from the border. Alulae white. Halteres tawny. Ab- 

 domen iawny beneath at the tip, and on each side of the middle above. 

 Not common. (E.) 



3. scutellata, Newm. E. M. I. 507 (1833). obscura, Zett. Ni- 

 gra, cinereo-tomentosa, frontalibus piceis, facie antennisque testaceis, 

 palpis pedidusquefulvis, thorace quadrivittato, alls subcinereis basi sub- 

 jftavis. Long. 6 ; alar. 1 2 lin. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum. Frontalia piceous ; face testaceous ; 

 proboscis and palpi tawny. Antennae testaceous ; sixth joint black. 

 Thorax with four black stripes. Wings slightly grey, with a yellow 

 tinge towards tJte base-, costal vein ending at a little in front of the 

 tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at much beyond one-third of 

 the length ; mediastinal vein ending at much beyond half the length ; 

 radial vein ending at five-sixths of the length ; cubital vein joining the 

 costal near its tip ; praebrachial vein emitting a short branch, and form- 

 ing an obtuse angle at its flexure, almost straight from thence to its 

 tip ; discal transverse vein with two distinct curves, parted by more 

 than half its length from the flexure of the praebrachial and from the 

 border. Alulae yellowish-white. Abdomen with black bands on the 

 hind borders of the segments. Legs tawny. 



Rare. (E.) 



Genus II. SARCOPHAGA. 



SARCOPHAGA, Meig. Zw. v. 14 (1826); Westw. ; Zett. Musca p., 

 L. ; D. G. ; F. ; Scop. Cynomyia, Gmel. ; Schr. ; Latr. ; Fal. Sar- 

 cophaga et Agria, Mcq. Myophora, etc., I)esv. 



Corpus elongatum, pubescens, setosurn. Frontalia substriata. Facialia 

 non setosa. Epistoma vix prominens. Oculi in utroque sexu remoti, 

 nudi. Antennae mediocres. Abdomen maris subfusiforme apice 

 tumidum, foemiuae subovatum. 



Body elongate. Frontalia minutely striated, with a row of bristles 

 along each side ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma very slightly promi- 

 nent ; facialia of the peristoma bristly ; eyes bare. Antennae not reach- 

 ing the epistoma ; third joint sublincar, rounded at the tip, very much 



