814 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



decreasing in depth from the base to the tip, which is slightly trun- 

 cated ; bristle more than twice the length of the third joint, feathered 

 for less than two-thirds of its length : chest tinged with gray, 

 adorned with four broad hoary stripes, the middle pair double ; 

 scutcheon hoary with a black stripe in the middle, and a tawny 

 tinge along the hind border; breast hoary: abdomen oval, a little 

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

 tions which have a very slight tawny tinge, and are disposed on each 

 side in two rows of large irregular spots, the middle being occupied 

 by a slender black stripe ; tip tawny : legs black, clothed with black 

 hairs and bristles ; thighs and shanks tinged with gray : wings 

 nearly colourless ; shoulders yellow ; wing-ribs pitchy ; veins black, 

 pitchy at the base; scales white, with yellowish-white borders. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines, 

 a. Cape. 



Sarcophaga Thornax, n. s., fern. Cinerea, capite aureo, thorace, 

 vittis tribus fiavo-fuscis ornato, pectore cano, abdomine fulvo- 

 cano apicefulvo, palpis antennisque nigris, pedibus nigro-ferru- 

 gineis, tar sis nigris, alis subcinereis. 



Body clothed with black hairs and bristles: head bright golden, 

 gray beneath and behind ; a black stripe between the eyelets and 

 the feelers; epistoma not prominent: face hoary, its sides fringed 

 with black bristles along half the length: eyes red ; fore part flat, 

 its facets larger than those elsewhere: sucker black, pitchy and 

 clothed with tawny hairs at the tip ; palpi black, beset with black 

 bristles : feelers black, nearly as long as the face ; third joint linear, 

 rounded at the tip, full four times the length of the second ; bristle 

 feathered for more than half the length from the bise: chest gray, 

 adorned with three yellowish brown stripes: breast hoary ; abdomen 

 hoary, obconical, a little broader, but not longer than the chest, 

 adorned with tawny reflections which are most apparent towards the 

 tip, the latter is tawny and covered with golden bloom : legs dark 

 ferruginous, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; feet black ; 

 foot-cushions tawny : wings slightly gray ; shoulders pale yellow : 

 wing-ribs tawny ; veins black, tawny towards the base; tip cross-vein 

 forming a right angle with the fourth longitudinal vein, much curved 

 inward near the base, straight from thence to the tip, joining the 

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

 slightly curved inward near the base, straight from thence to the tip ; 

 scales white with pale yellow borders. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



