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posterior portion of the cheek. S. exuherans is also smaller 

 and less robust than these other two species. It is less easily 

 separated from craggi (see paragraph following description of 

 craggi), 



Sarcophaga ceylonensis^ sp. n. 



Holotype (male), collection of R. R. Parker. 



Allotype (female), collection of E. E. Parker. 



Length 8-11^ mm. 



The characters of the penis at once place this species in the 

 dux-gYon\^j and it is then separated from the other members 

 of the group by the following characters : — One row of black 

 cilia behind eyes ; cheek-vestiture white (few anteriormost 

 hairs may be black) ; fourth abdominal notum with at least 

 posterior margin dull orange; in profile basal portion of fifth 

 ventral plate presents a straight line (not raised posteriorly) ; 

 forceps-prong sinuate at tip (not toothed) ; both genital seg- 

 ments dull orange. In the female the above characters 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 1. — Sarcophaga ceylonensis, sp. n., male genitalia. 

 Fig. 2. — Sarcophaga craggi^ sp. n., ,, „ 



(other than sexual) hold good, except that fourth notum is 

 not dull orange posteriorly ; the fifth notum is typically dux- 

 shaped (fig. 1). 



Described from nineteen male and twenty-one female 

 specimens. 



Ceylon: Peradenyia, 28. vii. 1920 {J. C, Hut son) ; 

 Colombo, 29. xii. 1914 (record No. 3936). India: Guindy, 

 Madras {J. Cragg) ; Coimbatore, 9. x. 1913 (T. B.Fletcher), 

 Malay Peninsula : Singapore {Bryant & Palmer). 



