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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  93 
  

  

  9. 
  Propleuron 
  with 
  about 
  5 
  small 
  setae 
  in 
  additicm 
  to 
  the 
  dorsal 
  bristle 
  ; 
  

  

  genitalia 
  with 
  long 
  anteroventral 
  extension 
  Puliciphora 
  wymani 
  

  

  Propleuron 
  with 
  dorsal 
  bristle 
  only 
  ; 
  genitalia 
  without 
  conspicuous 
  ante- 
  

   roventral 
  extension 
  Puliciphora 
  nigriventris 
  

  

  10. 
  Preantennal 
  bristles 
  (on 
  anteromedian 
  margin 
  of 
  frons) 
  directed 
  back- 
  

  

  ward 
  ; 
  midtibia 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  subbasal 
  bristles 
  Diploneura 
  cornuta 
  

  

  Preantennal 
  bristles 
  directed 
  forward; 
  midtibia 
  without 
  bristles 
  before 
  

   middle. 
  (Megaselia) 
  11 
  

  

  11. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  extensive 
  yellow 
  areas 
  anteromedially 
  on 
  most 
  tergites 
  12 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  blacli 
  or 
  dark 
  brown 
  above 
  13 
  

  

  12. 
  Fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  abdominal 
  tergites 
  entirely 
  pale; 
  frons 
  with 
  inner 
  

  

  preapical 
  bristles 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  outer 
  ones 
  Megaselia 
  suis 
  

  

  Fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  abdominal 
  tergites 
  partially 
  dark; 
  frons 
  with 
  inner 
  

   preapical 
  bristles 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  outer 
  ones 
  Megaselia 
  scalaris 
  

  

  13. 
  Posterodorsal 
  corner 
  of 
  mesopleuron 
  with 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  small 
  setae 
  14 
  

  

  Posterodorsal 
  corner 
  of 
  mesopleuron 
  without 
  setae 
  ; 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  ventral 
  

  

  margin 
  of 
  hind 
  femur 
  with 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  long 
  hairs 
  Megaselia 
  setifemur 
  

  

  14. 
  Posteroventral 
  corner 
  of 
  mesopleuron 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  bristle 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

  

  setae 
  ; 
  costal 
  margin 
  of 
  wing 
  with 
  about 
  11 
  bristles, 
  which 
  are 
  longer 
  

  

  than 
  distance 
  between 
  costa 
  and 
  radius 
  Megaselia 
  parabasiseta 
  

  

  Posteroventral 
  corner 
  of 
  mesopleuron 
  with 
  uniform 
  setae 
  only 
  ; 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  with 
  about 
  15 
  short 
  bristles 
  Megaselia 
  stuntzi 
  

  

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  CITED 
  

  

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  1925. 
  Novos 
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  o 
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  85-269, 
  17 
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   Brues, 
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  T. 
  

  

  1903. 
  A 
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  of 
  the 
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  American 
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  Eut, 
  

  

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   1936. 
  Philippine 
  Phoridae 
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  Apo 
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   Malloch, 
  John 
  R. 
  

  

  1912. 
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  family 
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  SCHMITZ, 
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  1929a. 
  Revision 
  der 
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  212 
  pp. 
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  and 
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  1929b. 
  Zur 
  naheren 
  Kenntnis 
  einiger 
  von 
  Dahl 
  beschreibener 
  Phoriden 
  des 
  

  

  Bismarck-Archipels, 
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  33, 
  pp. 
  1-64. 
  

  

  U. 
  E 
  COVEriNMCNT 
  PRiNTlNG 
  OFFICE. 
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