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from thence to the tip, joiuing the border at some distance above the 

 tip of the wing ; lower cross-vein with two slight curves, the lower 

 inward, rather more distinct than the other, which is outward ; 

 scales white, with pale yellow borders. Length of the body 4| 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

 a. Cape. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



Sarcophaga prsedo, n. s., fem. Nigra, capite jiavo-fulvo, tlwraci 

 vittis quatuor canis, abdomine maculis albis quadrivittato, apice 

 rufo, antennis pedibusque nigris, alls subcinereis. 

 Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles: head dark 

 tawny above, yellow in front, clothed beneath with pale yellow 

 hairs ; a black stripe fringed with bristles between the eyelets and 

 the feelers; epistoma slightly prominent; sides of the face fringed 

 with bristles at the base; eyes red: palpi black, beset with black 

 bristles: feelers black, a little shorter than the face ; third joint full 

 thrice the length of the second flat above, slightly convex beneath, 

 rounded at the tip; bristle about twice the length of the third joint, 

 feathered with long hairs till near the tip : chest adorned with four 

 hoary stripes ; breast mostly gray : abdomen obconical, a little 

 broader, but not longer than the chest, adorned with white reflec- 

 tions, which are disposed in four rows of irregular spots ; tip red 

 with a yellow covering: legs black, clothed with black hairs and 

 bristles ; foot-cushions tawny : wings slightly gray ; shoulders yel- 

 low; wing-ribs and veins black; tip cross-vein forming hardly less 

 than a right angle with the fourth longitudinal vein, slightly curved 

 inward at the base, almost straight from thence to the tip, joining 

 the border at some distance above the tip of the wing; lower cross- 

 vein with two very slight curves, the lower inward, the other out- 

 ward; scales whitish with yellowish white borders. Length of the 

 body 5^- lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarcophaga vorax, n. s., fem. Nigra, capite albo,' thoraci vittis 

 quatuor scutello pectoreque canis, abdomine maculis fulvo-canis 

 quadrivittato, apice fulvo, antennis pedibusque nigris, alis sub- 

 limpidis. 



Body black, clothed with black hairs and bristles : head 

 adorned with a white silky covering ; a black stripe fringed with 

 bristles between the eyelets and the feelers : eyes pitchy : sucker and 

 palpi black, the latter beset with black bristles : epistoma not pro- 

 minent: feelers black, a little shorter than the face; third joint more 

 than four times the length of the second, nearly linear, but slightlv 



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