LIST OF DIPTERA. 825 



pitchy ; veins black, pitchy towards the base ; tip cross -vein forming 

 a right angle with the fourth longitudinal vein, curved inward near 

 the base, almost straight or with a very slight outward inclination 

 from thence to the tip, joining the border a little above the tip of the 

 wing ; lower cross-vein with two very slight curves, the lower in- 

 ward, longer and less distinct than the other, which is outward ; 

 scales gray, with dull tawny borders. Length of the body 3i lines ; 

 of the wings 7 lines. 

 a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Sarcophaga aspera, n. s., fern. Cinereo-nigra, thoraci vittis qua- 

 tuor scutelloque canis, abdomine maculis canis ad apicem fulves- 

 centibus quadrivittato, apice rufo, antennis piceis, articulo 3° 

 basi ferrugineo, pedibus nigris, alis subcinereis. 

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

 beneath with grayish tawny ; epistoma somewhat tawny, not promi- 

 nent ; sides of the face fringed with bristles at the base : eyes bright 

 red : sucker black, clothed at the tip with tawny hairs ; palpi black, 

 club-shaped, beset with black bristles : feelers pitchy ; third joint 

 more than twice the length of the second, ferruginous at the base, 

 flat above, very slightly convex beneath, rounded at the tip ; bristle 

 black, feathered for near two-thirds its length, more than twice the 

 length of the third joint : chest adorned with four broad hoary 

 stripes; the inner pair double; scutcheon hoary ; breast gray: ab- 

 domen nearly elliptical, a little shorter and broader than the chest, 

 adorned with hoary reflections, which have a tawny tinge towards 

 the tip, and are disposed in four rows of large irregular spots ; tip 

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

 shanks tinged with gray ; foot-cushions tawny : wings slightly gray ; 

 shoulders and wing-ribs tawny ; veins black, tawny at the base ; tip 

 cross-vein forming a hardly obtuse angle with the fourth longitudi- 

 nal vein, 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 hardly curved outward at the base, straight from 

 thence till near the tip, when it is rather more distinctly curved out- 

 ward ; scales dingy white, with pale yellow borders. Length of the 

 body 2^ — 3^- lines ; of the wings 5 — 7 lines. 



Var. — ? Eyes pitchy. 

 a. North America ? Presented by the Entomological Club. 



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