130 Phoridae, 



wanting or only slightly indicated in its first part. H alteres 

 black. 



Female. Frons higher than in the male; third joint of antennæ 

 much smaller and less pubescent, arista longer pubescent; clypeus 

 much protruding, shining; palpi narrower, with ordinary bristles; 

 proboscis very large and as long as the head is high, labrum reaching 

 to the end of it, arched and shining. Abdomen more conspicuously 

 hairy, especially the two last segments; first segment a little roundly 

 excised in the hind margin. 



Length 2,8 to fully 3 mm. 



Remarks: My material consists only of six specimens, four males 

 and two females (two of the specimens are German), none of my 

 specimens have any upper hindtibial bristle, but such a bristle may 

 be present, though rarely (Collin 1. c). Becker, as known, united 

 opaca and perennis, but his description of opaca is mainly based on 

 perennis, and the figures Taf. I, 4 — 5 belong to this species, Collin 

 1. c. doubts that Zetterstedt's opaca is the present species, but Zetter- 

 stedt mentions a male specimen sent from Stæger, and this specimen, 

 which is in our collection, is opaca. 



T. opaca seems rather rare in Denmark, only four specimens, 

 three males and a female, are known; two of the males are from 

 earlier time, one from Charlottenlund (Jacobsen), and one from the 

 vicinity of Copenhagen (Stæger), the third is from Vemmetofte 

 (H. J. Hansen); the female is from the little wood Tyvekrog near 

 Hillerød (the author); the dates are ^^U — Ve. 



Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Austria and 

 Styria, towards the north to middle Sweden. 



2. T. lugubris Meig. 



1830. Meig. Syst. Beschr. VI, 217, 17 (Phora). - 1901. Beck. Abhandl. 

 zool. bot. Gesell. Wien, I, 18, 4, Taf. IV, Fig. 67 {Phora). — 1906. Wood, Ent. 

 Montli. Mag. 2, XVII, 192 (Phora). — 1910. Kertész, Cat. Dipt. VII, 393 

 (Phora). — 1914. Bmes, Ball. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 98. - 1918. Schmitz, 

 Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 1917, 99. — Phora papillata Winegatc, 

 1906. Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XVII, 111 et 215. 



Male. Frons low and broad, about three times as broad as high, 

 black, dullish; anterior rows of bristles straight or nearly. Antennæ 

 with the third joint moderately large, black, brownish pubescent; 

 arista pubescent. Palpi black, large and somewhat broad, the marginal 

 bristles short. Thorax black, slightly shining, with black pubescence 



