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  12 
  W. 
  S. 
  PATTON. 
  

  

  I 
  believe 
  Robineau-Desvoidy's 
  Lucilia 
  bengalensis, 
  from 
  Bengal, 
  and 
  his 
  Ch. 
  

   dejeanii, 
  from 
  Africa, 
  are 
  synonyms 
  of 
  albiceps. 
  

  

  4 
  Chrysomyia 
  villeneuvei, 
  Patton. 
  

  

  I 
  described 
  this 
  interesting 
  and 
  striking 
  species 
  in 
  a 
  recent 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   Journal 
  of 
  Medical 
  Research, 
  pointing 
  out 
  that 
  its 
  larvae 
  have 
  long 
  fleshy 
  processes 
  

   with 
  spines 
  on 
  their 
  shafts 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  their 
  apices. 
  It 
  breeds 
  in 
  dead 
  bodie, 
  of 
  ™ainmab 
  

   md 
  birds 
  its 
  larvae 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  juices 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  other 
  necrophagous 
  Dipterous 
  

   hrvae 
  as 
  do 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  albiceps, 
  but 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  no 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  

   Sure 
  nor 
  are 
  there 
  any 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection. 
  have 
  no 
  doub 
  

   that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  recorded 
  previously 
  to 
  my 
  description. 
  So 
  ar 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  it 
  

   only 
  in 
  South 
  India, 
  and 
  it 
  is* 
  essentially 
  a 
  wild 
  species, 
  never 
  being 
  seen 
  to 
  m> 
  

   knowledge 
  in 
  bazaars 
  as 
  would 
  be 
  expected. 
  

  

  5. 
  Chrysomyia 
  combrea, 
  Walker. 
  

  

  M-nonyms 
  : 
  Chrysomvia 
  (Musca) 
  defixa, 
  Walker. 
  

   Chrysomyia 
  (Musca) 
  pinguis, 
  Walker. 
  

   Chrysomvia 
  nigriceps, 
  Patton. 
  

   \t 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  describing 
  this 
  common 
  species 
  of 
  Chrysomyia 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  

   get 
  it 
  determined, 
  so 
  named* 
  it 
  nigriceps. 
  But 
  having 
  examined 
  ^"g^ 
  

   combrea, 
  defixa 
  and 
  pinguis, 
  I 
  am 
  able 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  ^^^^%SS 
  

   soecies 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  descnbed 
  previous 
  to 
  \\ 
  alker 
  s, 
  comorea. 
  

   ifis 
  main 
  y 
  a 
  temperate 
  species 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  hill 
  stations 
  of 
  South 
  India 
  

  

  a 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  North, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  ^^^^^J^^J^^^ 
  

   breeds 
  in 
  the 
  dead 
  bodies 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  small 
  mammals. 
  The 
  male 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  

   lensed 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  eyes 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  Chrysomyia 
  megacephala. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  

   any 
  specimens 
  from 
  outside 
  the 
  Indian 
  area. 
  

  

  ' 
  I 
  have 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Chrysomyia 
  from 
  this 
  region 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  determine, 
  and 
  for 
  which 
  I 
  can 
  find 
  no 
  description 
  in 
  the 
  works 
  ol 
  th. 
  

   older 
  writers. 
  I 
  shall 
  describe 
  it 
  on 
  another 
  occasion. 
  

  

  6. 
  Chrysomyia 
  marginalis, 
  Wiedemann. 
  

  

  Svnonvms 
  : 
  Chrysomyia 
  regalis, 
  Robineau-Desyoidy. 
  

  

  Chrysomyia 
  (Cosmina) 
  arabica, 
  Robineau-Desvoiay. 
  

   Chrysomyia 
  (Somomyia) 
  marginalis, 
  Bertohru. 
  

   Chrvsomvia 
  (Paracompsomvia) 
  nignpennis, 
  Hough. 
  

   This 
  widely 
  distributed 
  African 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  by 
  Major 
  Austen 
  from 
  

   Quetta 
  I 
  have 
  so 
  far 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  specimens 
  from 
  India 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  from 
  

   Q'uetta. 
  

  

  7. 
  Lucilia 
  argyricephala, 
  Macquart. 
  

  

  Synonyms 
  : 
  Lucilia 
  [Musca) 
  temperata, 
  Walker. 
  

   Lucilia 
  (Musca) 
  serenissima, 
  Walker. 
  

   ? 
  Lucilia 
  (Musca) 
  fuscina, 
  Walker. 
  

   Lucilia 
  indica, 
  Robineau-Desvoidy. 
  

   Thi< 
  wideh 
  distributed 
  and 
  important 
  species 
  was 
  first 
  described 
  from 
  the 
  Cape. 
  

   It 
  is 
  f 
  ? 
  welY-known 
  myiasis-producing 
  species 
  in 
  Africa, 
  its 
  larvae 
  having 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  huma 
  a" 
  en 
  S 
  animal 
  tissufs. 
  En 
  India 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  its 
  larvae 
  from 
  annuals 
  

   buTnot 
  Tfar, 
  from 
  man. 
  It 
  normally 
  breeds 
  in 
  decaying 
  animal 
  matter 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   common 
  fly 
  in 
  the 
  bazaars 
  of 
  India, 
  Burma 
  and 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  examined 
  Walker's 
  types 
  of 
  temperata, 
  serenissima 
  zndfuscina, 
  and 
  consider 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  synonyms 
  of 
  argyricephala. 
  

  

  