224 Phoridae. 



— Palpi yellow; hind tibiæ and tarsi simple, but 

 front tarsi a little thickened 80. involuta Wood. 



8. Palpi black; wings somewhat tinged; size 1,5—2 

 mm (only female described) vestita Wood. 



— Palpi yellow; wings colourless or nearly; size 

 0,9—1,5 mm 9. 



9. Front tarsi somewhat thickened; hind femora 

 with long hairs below 81. manicatella Lundbk. 



— Front tarsi simple; hind femora without long 

 hairs below 10. 



10. Legs mainly black ; size 0,9 mm (only male known) . . . ujnobilis Schmitz. 



— Legs brownish, size 1,2 — 1,5 mm (only female 

 known) 82. paupe^- Lundbk. 



11. 1 about double 2 -|- 3 83. simplex W^ood. 



— 1 not double 2+3, but distinctly shorter 12. 



12. Legs ordinary; costal cilia very long 84. superciliata Wood. 



— Legs short and robust; costal cilia of ordinary 

 length 85. brevipes Lundbk. 



Group VI. 



Scutellum with two bristles. 



Mesopleura bare. 



Costa long. 



1. Costal cilia short 2. 



— Costal cilia long 24. 



2. Halteres black 3. 



— Halteres yellow 15. 



3. Frons dull or dullish 4. 



— Frons strongly or more moderately shining 10. 



4. All legs black or dark 5. 



— Not all legs dark, at least front legs more or less 

 yellow 6. 



5. Costal cilia very short; size about 1 mm rivalis Wood. 



— Costal cilia moderately short ; hind femora in male 

 with bristles below; size about 2 mm; (only 

 male known) 86. merochaeta Lundbk. 



6. Only front legs more or less pale; costa reaching 

 beyond the middle; arista rather long; ventral 

 plate in male long and furcated 7. 



— All legs yellow or yellowish; costa shorter than 

 or at most reaching to the middle; arista not 



specially long; ventral plate in male not furcated 8. 



7. Antennæ black; middle and hind tibiæ with only 



the usual posterodorsal row of bristles 87. longiseta Wood. 



— Antennæ reddish brown; middle and hind tibiæ 

 with both a posterodorsal and an anterodorsal 



row of bristles '. brunneicornis Schmitz. 



