88 THOMAS SAY FOUNDATION 



Two males and three females, Theodore, Ala- 

 bama, reared from larva? in cups of Sarracenia clrum- 

 mondi by F. M. Jones. 



Two males, Tifton, Georgia, in the Hough col- 

 lection. 



Holotype.— Male, in U. S. N. M. 



The male standing in the National Museum as 

 holotype of sarracenice is so exceedingly like the spe- 

 cies herein designated as sarracenioidcs n. sp. that I 

 took it for the latter when examining it in 1914, deem- 

 ing it unwise to risk the damage of spreading its geni- 

 talia. Dr. Parker, who was in Washington at the time 

 shared this view. Hence we both perpetuated for the 

 time the error made very early by Riley, of failing to 

 separate sarracenioides. Only when I received Mr. 

 Jones's Sarracenia rearings and spread them did I 

 discover the probability that sarraceniae had been 

 misidentified almost from the time of its description. 

 This discovery was confirmed by Dr. Townsend, who 

 spread the holotype at my request and compared it 

 with spread specimens from Mr. Jones's rearings and 

 of what had been called sarraceniae, now separated as 

 sarracenioides. The true sarraceniae has never been 

 reared from anything but the cups of Sarracenia, 

 while sarracenioides is a common scavenger and ap- 

 parently a grasshopper parasite. 



Riley's original material comprised several speci- 

 mens, fortunately still preserved though not with the 

 holotype; among these are specimens of rileyi and 

 jonesi. Mr. Jones has reared from the cups of Serra- 

 cenia the following species of Sarcophaga: sarra- 

 ceniae, rileyi, ^jonesi, celarata. fletcheri, and a variety 

 of utilis. The last may with the study of more ma- 

 terial prove a distinct species; it is the only apparent 

 exception to the statement that not one of the species 

 in the list is known to have any other larval habit than 

 that of living in Sarracenia cups, and the rule will 

 hold good throughout if this shall prove to be a dis- 

 tinct species. 



