142 Phoridae. 



it is hairy below. The wings have 1 relatively shorter than in the male, 

 the divisions about as 6 — 5 — 4 or 3. 



Length 2 — 3 mm, the female the larger. 



This species is similar to intempesta, but at once distinguished 

 by the shape of the forceps and of the seventh sternite in the female; 

 also the legs are less slender and paler. I possess only the female, 

 the above description of the male is drawn from a German specimen 

 kindly sent me from Pater Schmitz. 



T. excisa is rare in Denmark and only taken in Geel Skov ^/lo — ^^^o 

 in 1918 and 1919 (the author), three females; it occurred on bushes. 



Geographical distribution: — - Besides in Denmark the species 

 also occurs in Holland and Germany according to specimens kindly 

 sent me from Pater Schmitz. 



11. T. Dudai Schmitz. 



1918. Schmitz, Entom. Ber. Nederl. Ent. Vereen. V, 32. — 1918. Schmitz, 

 Jaarb. Natum-h. Genootsch. Limburg 1917, 103. 



Male. Frons nearly twice as broad as high, black, duU; bristles 

 well developed, the middle and anterior rows convex, the outer 

 bristles of middle row at the eye margin, those of the lower row 

 more inwards. Antennæ black or brownish black, third joint of normal 

 size; arista pubescent. Palpi not large, a little narrow, yellow or brown- 

 ish yellow, bristles ordinary or smallish. Thorax black, dull, a little 

 reddish at the humeri, with brown pubescence and one pair of dorso- 

 central bristles. Scutellum with two bristles. Pleura brownish black. 

 Abdomen black, dull, second and sixth segments elongated and the 

 latter with a paler membraneous seam at the hind margin; abdomen 

 with very short hairs, almost only visible at the hind margins of the 

 segments and at the sides, second segment with two or three a little 

 longer hairs at the hind corners. Hypopygium not large, black or 

 brownish black, shining above at the base, the arms of the forceps 

 curved downwards, a little unsymmetrical the left a little broader 

 than the right, of the same length or perhaps a little longer; they 

 have both bristles at the end; anal tube quite short; below there is 

 a large, arched ventral plate, triangular pointed and yellowish at 

 the end. Legs somewhat short and strong, brown, the front legs the 

 palest; front tibiæ with a dorsal bristle above the middle, middle 

 tibiæ with a pair at about the upper third and one minute anterior 

 at apex, hind tibiæ with two anterodorsal bristles one at the upper 



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