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437. 

 PHORA ABDOMINALIS. 



Order Diptera. Fam. PhoridaG Curt., Trineurae Meig. 



Type of the Genus, Phora incrassata Meig. 



Phora Lat., Meig., Curt. — Trlneura Me/^. — Noda Schel. — Tephritis 

 Fab. — Musca Geof. 



Antennce inserted in cavities close to the margin of the clypeus, 

 rather remote and recurved, 6-jointed, basal joint short stout 

 and cylindrical, 2nd large pubescent, more or less hemispherical, 

 3rd inserted near the apex, minute as well as the 4th and 5th, 

 the 6th forming a long seta, clothed with very short pubescence 



Trophi concealed in a cavity beneath the head. 

 Labrum very short and broad. Tongue shorter and stout. Palpi 

 exserted, each forming a very large lobe, producing a few very 

 strong spines (/) . Lip short pilose, and shghtly divided {g. fig. 1 , 

 front view of trophi). 

 Head small transverse, hemispherical, producing a few strong bristles. 

 Eyes subovate, with a fringe of bristles at the hinder margin. Ocelli 

 3, sometimes only 2 placed on each side a saddle-shaped elevation on 

 the crown of the head (2, the head in profile ; 2 *, front view of the 

 same). Thorax subglobose. Scutellum semicircular. Abdomen 

 short, subcorneal, 7 -jointed, terminated in the females by a biarticu- 

 late oviduct. Wings incumbent, the costa ciliated as far as it is 

 thickened at the base, with 2 strong oblique subcostal nervures and 

 4 or 5 very delicate longitudinal ones (9). Halteres rather large 

 and capitate. Legs, frst pair very short, hinder jmir very long. 

 Tliighs broad and compressed, hinder pair very large and ovate. 

 Tibiae sometimes grooved outside, with a bristle near the middle, 4 

 posterior subclavate, slightly curved and furnished with several strong 

 spines at the apex. Tarsi b-jointed, basal joint the largest, espe- 

 cially in the hind pair (Sf)- Claws and Pulvilli rather small. 



Abdominalis Fall. — Meig. 6. 225.40. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 1351,40. 

 Black, slightly glossy : head very coarsely and irregularly punc- 

 tured; palpi orange, 2nd joint of antennae subferruginous: thorax 

 minutely punctured and pubescent : abdomen rufous excepting 

 the basal segment which is greyish-black; sides and aj^ex striated: 

 wings yellowish, especially towards the costa, nervures brown : 

 anterior tibiae, the posterior slightly at the base and all the tarsi 

 subochreous, dusky with short black hairs. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Waller Clifton and the Author. 



I HAVE not adopted Meigen's name of Trineurae for the family, 

 which at present contains only two genera, because I consider 



