214 Phoridae. 



— Halteres yellow (in posticafa a little darkened) 19. 



15. Front tarsi with second to fifth joints dilated 



in both. sexes; size 2,25 — 2,75 mm fumata Malloch. 



— Front tarsi simple; size not above 2 mm 16; 



16. Sixth abdominal segment in female elong- 



ated, ovipositor-like (only female known) . 5. elongata Wood. i 



— Sixth abdominal segment in female of normal j 

 shape 17. ' 



17. Costa not reaching the middle, 1 at least 



double 2 18. 



— Costa reaching the middle, 1 slightly longer 

 than 2 and nearly equal to 2 + 3 ; palpi 



brown, short and rather broad 6. communiformis Schmitz. | 



18. Palpi black; wings colourless atrimana Wood. , 



— Palpi yellowish brown ; wings strongly tinged .. . amit'ca Schmitz. \ 



19. Costa not reaching the middle; male with 



only two scutellar bristles 7. rufa Wood. 



— Costa at least reaching the middle; four 



scutellar bristles in both sexes (except in \ 



luteipes) 20. { 



20. Front metatarsi a little thickened in both 



sexes 21. | 



— Front metatarsi simple 22. 



21. Palpi in the male large, projecting, with one 

 longer bristle at apex, the others very short ; 



thorax black or dark 8. projecta Beck. i 



— Palpi in the male normal; thorax reddish or j 

 yellow 9. simulans Wood. ^ 



22. Antennæ red; legs yellow; male with only 



two scutellar bristles ; female pale luteipes Schmitz. 



— Antennæ black; legs dark; four scutellar 



bristles in both sexes 23. ' 



23. 1 nearly IV2 times as long as 2 and almost 



longer than 2 + 3; costal cilia very long duhitalis Wood. 



— 1 scarcely longer than 2, shorter than 2 + 3; 

 costal cilia at most moderately long; apex 



of abdomen in female orange posticata Strobl. 



24. Halteres black 25. 



— Halteres yellow or dark yellow 26. 



25. Frons much broader than high, supraanten- 

 nal bristles equal ; costa reaching beyond the 

 middle 10. fuscinervis Wood. 



— Frons not much broader than high, supra- 

 antennal bristles unequal; costa short not 

 nearly reaching the middle (only male known) 11. prodroma Lundbk. 



26. Third antennal joint oval in female; a 

 chitinized ovipositor present (only female 

 known) Oldenhergi Schmitz. 



