158 Phoridae. 



zool. bot. GeseU. Wien, I, 35, 25, Taf. II, Fig. 21-29 (Phora). - 1910. Ker- 

 tész, Cat. Dipt. VII, 388 p. p. (Phora). — 1914. Brues, BuU. Wisc. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. XII; 92 p. p. — 1918. Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 

 1917, 110 p. p. et 1920. ibid. 1919, 104. — Trineura fulviventris Bohem. 1852. 

 Kgl. Vet. Akad. Handl. 208, ?. - 1855. Zett. Dipt. Scand. XII, 4824, 17-18 ?. 

 — Phora sororcula V. d. Wulp, 1871. Tijdschr. v. Entom. 2, VI, 209, c? . - 1910. 

 Kertész. 1. c. 396. — 1914. Brues, 1. c. 96 {Dohrniphora) . — 1916. de Meijere, 

 Tijdschr. v. Entom. 59, 312. 



Male. Frons a little broader than high, black, somewhat shining; 

 it is coarsely punctate, especially towards the sides; the anterior 

 row of bristles a little convex, the others straight; supraantennal 

 bristles strong. Antennæ somewhat large, third joint somewhat 

 elongated and distinctly pointed, it is blackish or brownish, reddish 

 brown below; arista short-pubescent. Palpi large and broad, orange, 

 bristles somewhat short, the hindmost longer. Thorax black, some- 

 what shining, with short, blackish pubescence and one pair of dorso- 

 central bristles; scutellum with four nearly equal bristles. Abdomen 

 black, rather shining, especially behind, second and sixth segments 

 elongated; it is almost bare, only at apex some hairs visible. Hypo- 

 pygium not large, the dorsal part quite short; it has no hairs or bristles; 

 anal tube long, cylindrical, reddish, with long hairs, longest at apex. 

 Legs black, knees, front tibiæ and tarsi brownish and also posterior 

 tarsi a little brownish; hind femora dilated; front tibiæ with a dorsal 

 bristle on about the middle, middle tibiæ with a pair at about the upper 

 fifth, and a small anterior bristle at apex, hind tibiæ with two antero- 

 dorsal bristles at about the upper fourth and the lower third, and with 

 a dorsal furrow enclosed by two palisade-like rows of hairs. Wings 

 brown; veins dark brown; costa reaching beyond the middle; 1 about 

 double 2 + 3; the fork very small; costal cilia moderately short; 

 fourth vein issuing long before the base of the fork, it is considerably 

 curved nearest the basal end, curved distinctly down towards the 

 apex and also curved a little downwards at the base. Halteres black 

 or blackish. 



Female. Similar; antennæ smaller, reddish brown; palpi with 

 the bristles of ordinary length. Abdomen red, only first segment 

 black, this segment is broadly excised in the hind margin, the lateral 

 corners prolonged backwards and reddish, fifth and sixth segments 

 without tergal piates; the four tergal piates decrease in breadth 

 backwards, and each is trapezoidal, being less broad behind than in 

 front, the fourth at the hind margin not twice as broad as long. 



Length 4 — 4,5 mm. 



