LIST OF DIPTERA. 817 



between the eyelets and the feelers; epistoma slightly prominent; 

 sides of the face fringed with bristles at the base : eyes red : sucker 

 black, pitchy and clothed with tawny hairs towards the tip ; palpi 

 black, beset with black bristles : feelers black, a little shorter than 

 the face ; third joint nearly linear, flat above, very slightly convex 

 beneath, rounded at the tip, more than thrice the length of the second 

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

 till near the tip : chest adorned with four gilded stripes, these 

 become paler as they approach the scutcheon which has a hoary 

 border : breast hoary, golden on each side : abdomen oval, bluish 

 black, a little broader but hardly longer than the chest; each seg- 

 ment adorned with four large hoary spots, underside grayish ; tip 

 dark red : legs black, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; thighs 

 slightly gray ; foot-cushions pitchy: wings gray; shoulders yellow ; 

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

 vein forming an acute 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 with two very slight curves, the lower inward, rather 

 more distinct than the other, which is outward ; middle cross-vein 

 clouded with brown ; scales white, with pale yellow borders. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 

 a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Sarcophaga stimulans, n. s., fern. Nigra, capite supra aureo, tho- 

 raci vittis quatuor scutello lateribus pectoreque canis, abdomine 

 maculis canis quadrivittato, apice pallide I'ufo, antennis pedi- 

 busque nigris, illorum articulo 3° apice rufo, alis subcinereis. 

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

 with a pale golden covering, hoary behind, beneath and on the face, 

 whose sides are fringed with bristles at the base; a gray stripe 

 between the eyelets and the feelers ; epistoma tawny, not promi- 

 nent -. eyes red : sucker pitchy, clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi 

 black, beset with black bristles : feelers black, a littler shorter than 

 the face; second joint red at the tip above; third more than twice 

 the length of the second ; flat above, very slightly convex beneath, 

 truncated at the tip ; bristle more than twice the length of the third 

 joint, feathered for near two-thirds of its length: chest adorned with 

 four hoary stripes; inner pair double ; sides, scutcheon, and breast 

 hoary : abdomen nearly elliptical, a little shorter and broader than 

 the chest, adorned with hoary reflections, which are disposed in four 

 rows of large irregular spots ; tip pale red : legs black, clothed with 

 black hairs and bristles ; thighs and shanks tinged with gray; foot- 

 cushions pale tawny : wings slightly gray ; shoulders and wing-ribs 



