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D. ahdominalis is rare in Denmark, 1 possess only one specimen, 

 a female, Ermelund ^^5 1910 (the aiithor); the above description of 

 tlie male is drawn from a German specimen, kindly sent me from 



Fig. 60. Wing of D. abdominalis $. 



Pater Sclimitz. I have seen Zetterstedt's specimens, two females 

 labelled ''Lund", and foimd them identical with the present species. 

 Geographical distribution: — The species seems to occur in most 

 Europe, towards the north to middle Sweden. 



6. D. florea Fabr. 



1794. Fabr. Entom. Syst. IV, 255, 8 {Bihio). — 1804. Meig. Klass. eur. 

 zweifl. Ins., I, 217, g. [Bihio). - 1805. Fabr. Syst. Antl. 68, 9 [Bihio). - 1830. 

 Meig. Syst. Beschr. VI, 221, 31. Tab. LXIII, Fig. 8 [Phora). - ?1864. Schin. 

 F. A. II, 337 [Phora). — 1920. Schmitz. Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 

 1919, 105. — Trineura palfina Zett. 1848. Dipt. Scand. VII, 2868, 18. — 

 Phora flexuosa Egg. 1862. Verliandl. zool. bot. Geseli. Wien, XII, 1233. — 1864. 

 Schin. F. A. II, 338. — Phora ahdominalis Wood, 1906. Ent. Month. Mag. 2, 

 XVII, 195, 265. - 1918. Schmitz 1. c. 1917, 110 p. p. 



Male. This species is very similar to abdominalis. The antennæ 

 are of ordinary size, not enlarged, they are paler, the third joint 

 orange below, arista more distinctly pubescent. Abdomen dull, only 

 sixth segment a little shining. Hypopygium as in abdominalis, but 

 more or less reddish. Legs paler than in abdominalis, brown or dark 

 brown, front legs including the coxæ yellowish and also the posterior 

 tarsi pale; hind tibiæ with two or three anterodorsal bristles. Wings 

 paler than in abdominalis, more or less yellowish, veins yellow, costa 

 brown; fourth vein more strongly curved and curved distinctly 

 downwards at both ends. 



Female. Abdomen red with the tergal piates black, fifth and 

 sixth segments without tergal piates; second segment with the hind 

 margin broadly and roundly excised, third tergite much narrower 



