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the Phoridae in the U. S. National Museum and it may prove 

 of interest to state just what this paper contains. 



Phora Latr. is described as having the frons armed with 

 reclinate bristles, the legs with setulae and the wings with costa 

 ciliate. The "marginal vein" is bifurcate, and the "submarginal 

 vein" is prolonged towards the extremity of the wing. The 

 median vein is straight. 



He gives as his first species Phora flavicornis, Mcq., which 

 is a synonym of maculata, Mg. The accepted type I believe 

 would be this species but the name Phora being that used for 

 another genus of course is inapplicable here. The other species 

 in his genus are P. flavlpalpis Mcq., scapularis Mcq., vicinia 

 Mcq., fnscipes Mcq., and rufa Fab., which are all unrecogniza- 

 ble species: fuliginosa Mg. : (Gymnophora arcuata Mg. ?), 

 pulicaria Mg., flava Mg., rufipes Mg., lute a Mg., nigra Mg. and 

 pnsilla, Mg. The last five species have the postantennal bristles 

 proclinate and belongs to Aphiochaeta. He also gives bicolor, 

 Mg., which is a synonym of lutea, and pallipcs Latr., rulgaris 

 Fin. and annulata Mg., which are synonyms of rufipes. It is 

 evident that he did not know the species and that which ap- 

 plies to this genus is equally applicable in the others. 



Trisometopia, which has Trineura thoracica Mg. as type, 

 is given as having the frons with "transverse row of bristles 

 directed forward." The other characters are as in Phora. 

 Thoracica has no proclinate frontal bristles. 



Obelosia is said to have the hind tibiae furnished with minute 

 setulae. The type Phora rufipcnnis, Mcq., is an unidentified 

 species, but evidently an ordinary Aphiochaeta. 



Anevrina is given as having the face with an impressed line, 

 the legs armed with setae, posterior tibiae ordinarily very spinose, 

 and the costa slightly ciliate. The anal vein is also given as 

 absent. The type is Phora urbana, Mg., which has the anal 

 vein complete and distinct, and the other species opaca, Mg., has 

 the anal vein incomplete but has the hind tibiae entirely bare. 



It is not necessary to deal with the other genus Diploneura 

 in this paper as the three species are all in the unrecognizable 

 category. I had thought that it might be possible to use some 



