156 Phoridae. 



considerably brown; veins brown; costa not reaching quite to tlie 



middle; second and third vein parallel and hence 1 about four times 



longer than 2 + 3; angle at fork very acute; costal cilia short and 



fme; fourth vein issnes anterior to the base 



of the fork and is rather straight and also 



fifth and sixth veins nearly straight; fourth 



to sixth veins evanescent before the margin, 



but the seventh vein reaching it. Halteres 



whitish yellow. 



Female. Clypeus protruding, long and 



narrow, forceps-shaped; oral cone and pro- 



boscis long, together forming a knee. Ab- 



domen with the fourth tergite narrow, fifth 



and sixth segments without tergites; the last 

 Fig. 58. Head of ^ n 



D.abbreviata ?. ^^^^^^ ^^^"^^""^ y^"«^" 



Length 3 — 3,5 mm. 

 As I have seen only the female of this species, the description of 

 the male is partly taken from Becker. 



D. abbreviata is very rare in Denmark, only one specimen, a 

 female, has been caught; Bogø south of Sealand 7? 1917 (the author). 

 Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Italy; it seems 

 to have its northern limit on Denmark. 



4. D. Oldenbergi Schmitz. 

 1920. Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limbarg 1919, 104. 



Male. Frons about quadratic, black, somewhat shining; it is 

 very coarsely punctate, the rows of bristles nearly straight, only 

 the front row a little convex ; supraantennal bristles strong. Antennæ 

 of ordinary size, third joint blackish, brown on the lower side, arista 

 distinctly pubescent. Palpi of ordinary size, a little broad, black or 

 blackish, the bristles not long. Thorax black, somewhat shining, 

 with brownish black pubescence and one pair of dorsocentral bristles. 

 Scutellum with four about equal bristles. Abdomen black, dull, 

 a little shining at apex, second and sixth segments elongated; 

 hairs only visible on fifth and sixth segments. Hypopygium rather 

 small, the dorsal part quite short; it is somewhat hairy, especi- 

 ally on the right side, and below there are some longer hairs; anal 

 tube finger-like, reddish, with long hairs, longest at the end. Legs 

 brown or dark brown to blackish, anterior tibiæ and tarsi paler, 



