LIST OF DIPTERA. 829 



outward, joining the border at some distance above the tip of the 

 wing ; lower cross-vein very slightly curved inward from the base 

 till near the tip, where it is more distinctly curved outward ; scales 

 gray, with tawny borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 

 a. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Sarcophaga misera, n. s., fem. Nigra, capite aureo, thoraci vittis 

 quatuor scutelloque albido-fulvis, huic macula nigra, pectore ci- 

 nereo, abdomine maculis cinereo-fulvis quadrivittato, pedibus 

 nigris, alis subcinereis. 



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

 with a gold covering, paler and clothed with pale tawny hairs be- 

 neath : a broad black stripe fringed with bristles between the eye- 

 lets and the feelers ; epistoma slightly prominent ; sides of the face 

 fringed with bristles at the base : eyes dark red : sucker black, 

 clothed with tawny hairs ; palpi black, beset with black bristles : 

 chest adorned with four broad whitish tawny stripes, the inner pair 

 double ; scutcheon whitish tawny, with a large obconical black spot 

 on the disk ; breast hoary : abdomen obconical, a little broader but 

 not longer than the chest, tessellated with grayish tawny reflections, 

 which are disposed in four rows of irregular spots ; underside gray : 

 legs black, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; thighs tinged with 

 grayish tawny ; foot-cushions pitchy : wings slightly gray ; shoul- 

 ders tawny ; wing-ribs pitchy ; veins black ; tip cross-vein forming 

 an acute angle with the fourth longitudinal vein, much curved, in- 

 ward at the base, straight from thence to the tip, where it is very 

 slightly inclined outward, joining the border at some distance above 

 the tip of the wing ; lower cross-vein with three curves ; first and 

 third outward, very short, occupying the base and the tip of the 

 vein ; second inward, comprising the middle part, but hardly per- 

 ceptible; scales gray, with tawny borders. Length of the body 

 4| — 5 lines ; of the wings 8 — 9 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by J. Hunter, Esq. 



b. New Holland. 



c. West Australia. From Mr. Clifton's collection. 



Sarcophaga tessellata, Wied. Auss. Zweif. ii. 363, 19. Musca 



tessellata, Fabr. Syst. Anil. 285, 8. 

 a. Monte Video. Presented by C. Darwin, Esq. 



Sarcophaga Georgina, Wied. Auss. Zweif. ii. 357, 4. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 



G. Barnston, Esq. 

 h. Newfoundland. Presented by W. C. St. John, Esq. 



