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somewhat as in hisctosa but smaller; the V-shaped 

 opening of the fifth sternite bears no padhke organs, 

 but instead a small, smooth, reddish tooth near the 

 base on each side. 



Legs rather dark brown than black, the hind tibi{« 

 almost a dark yellow ; middle femora w ith comb ; mid- 

 dle tibia with a single bristle on outer front side below 

 middle; hind femur on outer side, besides the entire 

 upper row of bristles, with 3 long ones below them 

 near tip, and a few irregular along the lower edge be- 

 low these ; hind tibia with long villosity spreading both 

 ways ; hind trochanter with a small, compact group of 

 stubby spines, about six in a row, the femur attached 

 very obliquely. 



Wing subhyaline; costal spine absent; third cos- 

 tal segment about equal to the fifth ; apical cell notably 

 wide open; tliird vein with only half a dozen hairs. 



Length about 10 mm. 



One male: Jamaica, W. L, obtained by the 

 writer many years ao^o from Mr. Henry K. Klages. 

 The abdomen has been detached in spreading the geni- 

 talia, and the latter broken apart, but all are glued 

 on a paper attached to the pin. 



Type.- -No. 20498, U. S, N. M. 



Named in honor of Dr. Ralph R. Parker, who 

 has done excellent morphological and taxonomic Mork 

 in this group. 



No. 28. Sarcophaga cimbicis Towns. 



Townsend, Canad. Ent. xxiv, 1892, 126, male and fe- 

 male. 

 Parker, Proc. Bo.st. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 35. p. /2, pi. v, 

 f. 36, and pi. viii, f. 47, male only {Bottclieria fcr- 

 naldi). 

 (Other references in literature between 1892 and i')r4 

 are erroneous, the species having been misidentilied ). 

 Male. Parker has described the male so fully 

 that oidy the more essential taxonomic characters are 

 given here. Outer vertical wanting; 8 ])s dc; 8 stj)l; 

 ant acr present, ])rs very fine and hairlikc il' ])resent, 

 generally absent; scutellum witli 3 or 4 marginals, the 



