Art. XIV.—Description of a New Blow-fly from Campbell Island. By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. [Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 4th November, 1903.] Calliphora cockaynei, sp. nov. ♀. Head and face brownish-black, third joint of antennæ lighter; palpi and tip of proboscis fulvous. Eyes hairy; thorax brownish-black; a fulvous spot on each side behind the eye and another at the base of the wings. Wings tinged with fulvous; the veins dark-brown, but fulvous at their insertion, thus making a double fulvous spot on the side of the thorax. Squamæ grey; abdomen metallic greenish-blue; legs black. Length, 12.5 mm.; wings, 10 mm. Hab. Campbell Island. Collected by Dr. L. Cockayne, July, 1903. Described from a single specimen which had been put into formalin. Allied to C. quadrimaculata, but easily distinguished by the colour of the abdomen.
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 36, 1903, Page 155
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136Art. XIV.—Description of a New Blow-fly from Campbell Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 36, 1903, Page 155
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