120 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 5 1 



Lucilia morrilli, sp. nov. 



Six males, nine females, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, 

 British Columbia, and Missouri. 



Only one postacrostichal bristle. Male front one-seventh of head 

 width, female front fully two-fifths of head width. Whole of abdo- 

 men, thorax, parafrontals, and cheeks, including occiput, strongly 

 metallic green. Face and frontalia black, silvery. Palpi black. 

 Tegulae white. No macrochsetse on abdomen. No second pair of 

 ocellar bristles. 



Type.— Cat. No. 10,887, U. S. N. M. (Victoria, Texas— Morrill '). 



Lucilia sylvarum (Meigen) Hough. — One female, Prussia. 



Three postacrostichal bristles. Male front very narrow, female 

 front one-third head width. Palpi black. Two stout marginal 

 macrochaetse on second abdominal segment. Second pair of ocellar 

 bristles well developed. 



Lucilia nigripalpis, sp. nov. 



Two females, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. \Y. A'. Warner. 



Differs from infuscata only by having three postacrostichal bris- 

 tle-;; palpi quite blackish, faintly paler basally ; antenna?, face, buccal, 

 and front all more deeply black ; tegula; white. A trace of purplish 

 on hind margins of second and third abdominal segments, especially 

 on second. Second segment with a marginal row of weak macro- 

 chsetae. No second pair of ocellar bristles. 



Type— Cat. No. 10,888, U. S. N. M. 



Lucilia sericata (Meigen) Hough. — Two males, six females, east- 

 ern United States, Alabama, Hidalgo (Mexico), Kadiak Island 

 (Alaska). 



Three postacrostichal bristles. Male front one-eighth to one- 

 sixth head width, female front two-fifths head width. Palpi yellow. 

 Abdomen unicolorous, tegulse white. A strong second pair of 

 ocellar bristles in both sexes. 



Lucilia angustifrons, sp. nov. 



One male, England (Brunetti). 



Same as ccesar, but having three postacrostichal bristles. Front 

 linear, eyes almost contiguous. Palpi yellow. A female, having 

 front one-third head width, from Kaslo, British Columbia (Cau- 

 dell), seems to be this form. No second pair of ocellar bristles. 



Type.— Cat. No. io,88q, U. S. N. M. 



