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Phoridae. 



apex; hind tibiæ with a dorsal bristle above the middle and a small 

 anterodorsal near apex. Wings clear or nearly so, veins brownish or 

 yellow, thin veins paler; costa reaching to the middle, a little thick- 

 ened just at the end; 1 more than double 2; costal ciha rather long 



Fig. 48. Wing of P. nudipalpis i^ . 



and not dense; fourth vein issuing beyond the base of the fork. Hal- 

 teres whitish. 



Female. Similar; palpi narrower with more numerous long 

 bristles; antennal arista more pubescent. 



Length 1,6 to fully 2 mm. 



P. nudipalpis seems to be rare in Denmark; Ermelund, Ørholm, 

 Holte and Hejls south of Kolding (Th. Mortensen, the author); 

 in all five males and two females; the dates are '/e — ^7io. 



Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Austria; it 

 does not seem to be known north of Denmark, 



4. Truplieoneura Malloch. 



Species of small to medium size. Frons broader than high, not 

 rarely very low and much broader than high ; three transverse rows of 

 bristles with four bristles in each; supraantennal bristles smaller, 

 one pair, placed on the anterior corner; they are directed straight 

 upwards and diverging. Eyes hairy. Antennæ with the third joint 

 roundish, sometimes enlarged in the male; arista dorsal, generally 

 pubescent and often most in the female, it is only rarely nude {sub- 

 lugubris). Clypeus generally distinct, in the female protruding. Pro- 

 boscis generally a little larger in the female than in the male, and 

 sometimes much enlarged in the female. Palpi broader or narrower, 

 sometimes larger or very large in the male, the bristles not rarely 



