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argenteo, frontalibus atris, palpis antennisque fulvis, thorace vittis 

 quatuor interruptis nigris, pectore ferrugineo, abdomine atro basi sub- 

 tus ferrugineo fasciis tribus interruptis cseruleis postice excavatis, tibiis 

 subtus femoribusque ferrugineis, alis cinereis venis ferrugineo mar- 

 ginatis. 

 Closely allied to R. glorificans. Female. Cerulean blue, with golden- 

 green reflexions. Head silvery white about the facialia and about 

 the epistoma; frontalia deep black, widening in front. Palpi and 

 antennae tawny. Thorax with four slender interrupted black stripes ; 

 inner pair much abbreviated hindward ; outer pair abbreviated in 

 front and hindward. Pectus ferruginous, excepting two patches of 

 the ground hue on each side. Abdomen deep black, ferruginous at 

 the base beneath, with three interrupted bands of the ground hue, 

 which are excavated and tinged with cupreous along their hind 

 borders. Legs black ; tibiae beneath, femora and coxae ferruginous. 

 Wings cinereous, tinged with ferruginous along the costa and about 

 the veins; veins black; halteres ferruginous. Length of the body 

 9 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



Subfam. Sakcophagides, WalJc. 

 Gren. Saecophaga, Meigen. 



38. Sarcophaga perpusilla. Mas et FcEm. Nigra, capite argenteo, 

 frontalibus atris, thorace vittis quatuor albidis parallelis bene deter- 

 minatis, abdomine cinereo tessellato, alis cinereis, halteribus albidis. 



Male and Female. Black. Head silvery white ; frontalia deep black, 

 linear. Thorax with four vi^ell-defined parallel whitish stripes ; the 

 outer pair connected on the hind border of the scutellum. Pectus 

 cinereous. Abdomen tessellated with cinereous. Wings cinereous ; 

 veins black; halteres whitish. Length of the body 2^3 lines; of 

 the wings 5-6 lines. 



Subfam. Muscides, Walk. 

 Gren. Pteellia, Desv. 



39. Pyrellia fumipennis. Mas. Laete purpurea, cyaneo varia, 

 capite palpis pedibus halteribusque nigris, antennis fulvis, alis nigri- 

 canti-cinereis. 



Male. Bright purple, with deep-blue reflexions. Head, proboscis, 

 palpi, and legs black. Antennae tawny; arista black. Wings blackish 

 cinereous; veins and halteres black; praebrachial vein forming a 

 curve at its flexure, slightly bent inward near its tip ; discal transverse 

 vein hardly bent inward, parted by little more than half its length 

 from the border, and by nearly its length from the flexure of the 

 praebrachial vein ; alulae dingy cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 



