174 Phoridae. 



6. H. agilis Meig. 

 1830. Meig. Syst. Beschr. VI, 213, 3 {Phora). - 1864. Schin. F. A. II, 

 339 {Phora). — 1901. Beck. Abhandl. zool. bot. Gesell. Wien, I, 42, 33, Taf. II, 

 Fig. 39, Taf. III, Fig. 40 (Phora). - 1910. Kertész, Cat. Dipt. VII, 399. - 1914. 

 Brues, Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 100. — 1918. Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuurh. 

 Genootscb. Limburg 1917, 117. — Trineura carinifrons 1848. Zett. Dipt. 

 Scand. VII, 2885, 33, p. p. ? (nec o"). 



Male. Frons nearly quadratic, black, diill; the anterior row of 

 bristles convex; no supraantennal bristles. Antennæ of medium size, 

 black, arista short-pubescent. Palpi not large, black, with ordinary 

 bristles. Thorax black, diill or nearly so, with dark brownish pubes- 

 cence and one pair of dorsocentral bristles. Scutellum with foiir bristles, 



Fig. 65. Wing of H. agilis $. 



the anterior much smaller than the posterior. Mesopleura hairy above 

 anteriorly. Abdomen black, slightly greyish, diill, second segment 

 elongated; abdomen has short hairs, longer at the side margins of 

 first segment. Hypopygium small, black and shining, the protruding 

 parts of the subanal body partly reddish; anal tube not protruding. 

 Legs robust and the femora, especially the hind pair rather dilated, 

 hind tibiæ thickened outwards; the legs are black, trochanters and 

 knees somewhat indistinctly reddish, front tibiæ and tarsi yellowish 

 brown and middle tarsi brownish; front tibiæ with one dorsal bristle 

 above the middle, middle tibiæ with a pair at the upper third and one 

 anterior bristle a little before the apex, hind tibiæ with only one bristle 

 on the anterior side at apex; the hind tibiæ have two dorsal rows 

 of palisade-like arranged hairs enclosing a furrow. Wings nearly clear, 

 only slightly yellowish in the region with the thick veins; veins 

 brown, costa not reaching to the middle, with the second division 

 a little thickened; 1 about one and a half times longer than 2 (2 + 3); 

 costal cilia short; third vein with a small fork, but the anterior branch 

 very thin and indistinct, the vein with very fine hairs; fourth vein 

 somewhat moderately curved in its origin and curved slightly down- 

 wards towards the apex. Halteres black. 



