196 Phoridae. 



Length 2,3 — 2,5 mm. 



Ph. holosericea is not common in Denmark, I possess seven spec- 

 imens, six males and a female and I have seen five males more; Dam- 

 husmosen, Hellerup, Ermelund (the author), Charlottenlund (Schlick), 

 Lyngby Mose, Holte (the author). Bagsvær (Larsen), Lolland at Ma- 

 ribo (Schlick), and in Jutland at Hejls south of Kolding (the author); 

 my dates are ^^/s— ^/s; I have taken it in copula on ^^U. My male 

 specimens have been determined by Pater Schmitz. 



Geographical distribution: — Hitherto known from Denmark, 

 Holland, Germany and Hungaria. 



6. Ph. pubipes Schmitz. 

 1920. Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 1919, 124. 



Male. Frons fully twice as high as broad, of equal breadth, 

 the hairs short; the third row of bristles rather convex, the inner 



bristles a little shorter than the others. 

 Thorax with the hairs dense, not quite 

 short. Hypopygium withdrawn, the left 

 arm of forceps somewhat rugose. Legs 

 black, apical part of front femora and 

 front tibiæ and tarsi yellowish, middle 

 tibiæ and tarsi brownish; front tibiæ 

 Fig. 74. Ph. pubipes S, hind »horter than the tarsi, the four last joints 

 femur from the outside X 36. of the tarsi only moderately dilated, not 



as broad as the end of tibia, the fourth 

 joint considerably longer than broad; hind femora not broad, with 

 short hairs below, the basal process forming a small tooth at the very 

 base and distally to it an excision with a conspicuous group of longish, 

 bristly hairs (fig. 74); middle tibiæ with an anterior bristle at about 

 the upper third, and with four (according to Schmitz also three) 

 dorsal bristles; hind tibiæ with an anterior bristle at the upper third. 

 Wings slightly yellowish tinged, at the basal anterior part somewhat 

 more; veins brown; costa reaching to or about to the middle; 1 equal 

 to 2; costal cilia long; fourth vein somewhat curved in its first part 

 for the rest straight; seventh vein weak, but reaching the margin. 

 Female. Unknown (see below). 

 Length 2,7 mm. 



Ch. pubipes is rare in Denmark, I know only two specimens, both 

 males; Charlottenlund ^^9 1877 (SchUck) and on Langeland at 



