Phora. 191 



and not short. Abdomen with the hairs on sixtli segment distinct. 

 Hypopygium with the left arm of forceps shining and by a long 

 fissiire divided into an iipper and a lower lobe, the latter somewhat 

 hairy. Legs black, front tibiæ brownish yellow; the four last joints 

 of front tarsi dilated, but not much, the fourth joint longer than 

 broad; base of hind femora with the basal process somewhat low, 

 apically to it a row of longish hairs being shorter oiitwards; middle 

 tibiæ with two anterior bristles and generally six, sometimes more, 

 dorsal bristles, hind tibiæ with two anterodorsal bristles, one about 

 in the middle and one above. Wings strongly brownish; veins dark 

 brown, costa black, long, about 0,53 of the wdng-length, 1 somewhat 

 shorter than 2; costal cilia somewhat long. 



Female. Middle tibiæ with only two to four dorsal bristles; 

 wings much less brow^n. 



Length 2 — 3,7 mm. 



The above description of the male is drawn from a German 

 specimen kindly sent me from Pater Schmitz. 



Ph. Schineri is rare in Denmark, only one specimen, a female^ 

 has been taken at Silkeborg ^l-o 1910 (Esben-Petersen). 



Geographical Distribution: — Northern and middle Europe down 

 into Austria. 



2. Ph. artifrons Schmitz. 



1920. Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 1919, 118, 



Male. Frons narrowing upwards, above about one fifth of the 

 breadth of the head, below towards twice as broad as above; the hairs 

 long, not quite half as long as the bristles, the third row of bristles 

 strongly convex and its inner bristles nearly vertically below the 

 outer; the second row apparently consisting of four bristles as there 

 below the normal bristles is a pair of almost equally strong bristles 

 (no doubt strongly developed hairs). Palpi somewhat small. The hairs 

 on thorax somewhat long and strong, not dense. Hypopygium with 

 the left arm of forceps shining, divided by a fissure in an upper and a 

 lower lobe, the upper lobe relatively small and with the hind margin 

 strongly convex. Legs black, front tibiæ paler brownish, shorter than 

 the tarsi; front tarsi moderately dilated, scarcely as broad as the end 

 of tibiæ, with the fourth joint longer than broad; the basal process 

 on hind femora not small, but low, with five to six long hairs on the 

 anterior side; middle tibiæ with two anterior bristles in the upper 



