Séance du 18 Juin 1924 
341 
Sarcophaga booersiana nov. spec. 
Holotype, (Male). — Collection of writer. Collec¬ 
tor Dr. Brauns. Cape Colony. 
Length i 4 mm. 
Male, head. — Lateral verticals absent. Frontal 
vitta blackish brown, as broad as two orbita. Breadth 
of front at narrowest part equal to two-thirds eye 
width. Frontals in double row descending to end of 
second segment of antenna. Genal bristles in double 
row up to hairy parafacialia. Two rows of retro- 
ocular cilia. Third segment of antenna twice and one 
fifth the length of the second. Vibrissae above oral 
margin at a distance equal to the breadth of third 
antennal segment. Head yellowish white with brown 
reflections; beard yellowish-grey. Palpi slender and 
black coloured. 
Thorax. — Preseutellar pair of aerostichals pre¬ 
sent. 3 + 4 de., stpl. I : I : I. Anterior spiracle brown. 
Dorsum of mesothorax with faint golden reflections. 
Scutellum with an erect crossed pair of apieals, two 
long marginal pairs and thickly haired on disc. 
Wings. — Costal spine absent. First vein bare, 
third hairy at its basal half. Section III. of costa one 
1 j 
and one fifth times Section V. Alulae white, the upper 
shinnig; halteres brown. 
Legs. — Middle femur with stout comb passing 
into a row of long and fine hairs, anterior face with 
the usual three bristles. Anterior face of posterior 
femur with two rows of bristles, ventral side with mo¬ 
derately long hairs. Middle and posterior tibiae not 
hairy. 
