new Sarco{)]iagitl.i'//'o?/i Asia» 127 



brownish or blackisli^ pollinose, second genital segment dull 

 oranoe. 



Described from one male specimen. 



Europe : the hoh)type bears the following label — ^'S. vito 

 d. Norm./^31.v.l905. 



This species is named in honour of Dr. G. A. K. Marshall 

 of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, and the holotype is 

 the specimen mentioned by the writer (2, p. 42) as received 

 from Dr. Bezzi, and at that time thought to be the same as 

 sherinani. 



Sarcopliaga hutsom, sp. n. 



Ilolotype (male), collection of B. B. Parker. 



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



Male. — Length 8-9i mm. Two rows of black cilia behind 

 eyes; vestitnre of anterior poition of cheek black, of 

 posterior portion white ; frontals extending well below base 

 of vitta ; section iii. of costa longer than section v.; leg- 

 vestiture short; posterior face of hind femur without ventral 

 bristles; anterior acrostichals absent, four or more pairs of 

 posterior dorse-centrals, only posterior two strong; vestitnre 

 of fourth ventral plate short and appressed ; first genital 

 segment without marginal bristles, second dull orange. 



Head. — Viewed from fronts parafrontals and gense silvery- 

 grey. Breadth of front at narrowest part about two-fitfhs 

 eye-width; cheek-height about one-third that of eye. At its 

 narrowest part, frontal vitta about twice width of each para- 

 frontal, its sides not ])arallel. Second antennal segment 

 dark ; third about twice length of second ; arista long, 

 plumose to beyond middle. l\vo rows of black cilia behind 

 eyes, otherwise vestiture of back of head white. Vestiture 

 of anterior portion of cheek black, that of posterior portion 

 white. Gena with row of hairs near lower eye-orbit^ other- 

 wise bare. Palpi daik. 



Chcetotaxy. — Lateral verticals absent; vibrissas inserted 

 slightly above line of oral margin ; each row of frontals 

 extending beyond base of vitta, usually with eleven to thirteen 

 bristles, lower end scarcely divergent irom inner ^dgQ of gena. 

 Thorax, — Mesonotuni clothed with short reclinate bristles. 

 Epaulettes black. 



Wings. — Bend of fourth vein a right angle or slightly 

 less ; anterior cross-vein more basal than end of first longi- 

 tudinal; third vein with bristles; section iii. of costa longer 

 than section v. ; costal spine vestigial ; calyptera whitish. 



L'ijs. — Dark, vestiture short. Anterior face of posterior 



