230 Phoridae. 



— Two pairs of supraantennal bristles, inner 

 bristle of lower frontal row nearer the eye- 



margin than the middle 15. 



15. Front tarsi thickened, legs yellowish 137. tarsalis Wood. 



— Front tarsi simple, legs blackish or brown 16. 



16. Hypopygium without bristles; palpi dusky; 

 hind tibial bristles strong ; abdoniinal stigmates 



normal 138. hrevicostalis Wood. 



— Hypopygium with bristles; palpi yellow; hind 

 tibial bristles fine; abdominal stigmates very 



large (only male known) stigmatica Schmitz. 



17. Reddish or yellowish species lutescens Wood. 



— Black species 18. 



18. Male palpi large, almost nude; hind tibiæ at 

 the end with a small, not hairy longitudinal 

 keel dorsally to the hair-seam (only male 



known) latipalpis Schmitz. 



Male palpi and hind tibiæ ordinary 19. 



19. Hind tibial bristles not large; costal cilia 



moderately short 139. lata Wood. 



— Hind tibial bristles rather large; costal cilia 



short nigrescens Wood. 



20. Halteres black 21. 



— Halteres yellow or pale brown 26. 



21. 1 double 2 + 3 or nearly 22. 



— 1 not double 2 -f- 3, but distinctly shorter 24. 



22. Frons nearly quadratic, upper supraantennal 

 bristles more distant than inner bristles of 

 the middle row; bristles on hind tibiæ strong; 



hypopygium without bristles 140. maura Wood. 



— Frons distinctly broader than high, upper 

 supraantennal bristles not more distant than 

 inner bristles of the middle row; hypopygium 



with bristles 23. 



23. Palpi black or dusky; legs blackish; supra- 

 antennal bristles nearly equal; 1 more than 



double 2 + 3 141. Mortenseni Lundbk. 



— Palpi yellow; legs yellowish; supraantennal 

 bristles very unequal; 1 slightly less than 



double 2 + 3 142. coacta Lundbk. 



24. Palpi dusky yellow or yellow; hypopygium 



without bristles; size 1 mm or above 25. 



— Palpi black; hypopygium with bristles; size 



scarcely 1 mm 145. hirticaudata Wood. 



25. Legs brown; 1 about double 2; hind tibiæ 

 thickened in both sexes, in male with bristles 



on the ventral side 143. erecta Wood. 



— ■ Legs blackish; 1 about three times 2; hind 



