PARKER: NEW ENGLAND SARCOPHAGI DAE. 71 
with a single row of bristles; femur with long fine hair (»ii its posterior 
ventral surface, especially proximall y ; submesotibial bristle present. 
Anterior coxa with two rows of bristles. 
Chactotaxy. — Anterior tlorsocentrals somewhat shorter than post- 
suturuls; acrostichals absent; three pairs dorsocentrals, all long; 
prescuteiiar acrostichals fine and hair-like, sometimes wanting; 
scutellar apicals present; two sternopleurals. 
Abdomen. — Elliptical in outline; ventral parts of fourth notuni 
often the color of genital segments. 
Chactotaxy. — Second segment without marginal bristles; third 
with two at center and often weak slender ones between these and 
laterals; fourth with a complete row ending ventrally in a group of 
long hairs. 
Genital segments. — When in normal position so held that ventral 
parts of fourth notum are spread apart and dowTiward: first segment, 
either dull orange throughout or anterior part grayish pollinose or 
brownish even nearly back to marginal bristles; sparingly yellow 
pollinose ventrally; vestiture short; in profile with a shallow depres- 
sion anterior to bristles; second, dull orange, in shape roughly re- 
sembling a spherical segment with its plane surfaces nearly equal; 
anal area prolonged upward practically to limit of posterior surface. 
Usually only base of forceps visible, this with short upward flap-like 
extensions that bear medium long, fine, curly hairs. 
Genitalia. — Penis divided into distinct proximal and distal 
portions; latter with a forward extension from its base that bends 
backward and tends to overlie main part of penis; anterior claspers 
much longer and stouter than posterior, latter small and greatly 
resembling a claw; accessory plates prolonged into prominent linear 
processes. 
Described from eight specimens; seven others examined. 
Range. — New England: Mass.: Amherst, Wellesley, Stoneham; 
Vt.: Manchester. United States: N. Y. 
This species is apparently not very common, but its range probably 
extends over a greater part of the county than is indicated by the 
localities listed above. 
The forward extension of the penis at its distal portion consists of 
weakly chitinized lobes that are variously bent and twisted. The 
dotted line in the figure represents the outline of these when expanded. 
