238 Phoridae. 



var. s. n. sp. It occurs in low herbage, I have taken it among others 

 with the net on Vaccinium myrtillus. 



Geographical distribution: — The species is at present besides 

 from Denmark known from England and Holland. 



5. A. elongata Wood. 



1914. Wood, Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XXV, 153. — 1918. Schmitz, Jaarb. 

 Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 1917, 148. 



Male. Unknown. 



Female. Frons a little broader than high, greyish black, a little 

 shining; the middle row of bristles nearer the upper than the lower 

 row, the inner bristle of lower row somewhat below the outer, nearly 

 in the same distance from it as from the upper supraantennal ; supra- 

 antennal bristles small, the lower half as large as the upper, the latter 

 approximate, the lower rather close to the upper and only slightly 

 more approximate. Antennæ small, brown, arista short-pubescent. 

 Palpi dirty yellow, with ordinary bristles. Thorax black with dark 

 brownish pubescence. Scutellum with four almost equal bristles. 

 Mesopleura bristly, the bristles uniform. Abdomen somewhat long, 

 broadest at second segment, tapering behind, sixth segment elongated, 

 cylindrical, at the end of it the small and thin last segment is seen; 

 abdomen is black and dull, it is sparingly haired, but at the sides of 

 second segment there are a little longer hairs; the sixth segment is 

 more distinctly hairy behind, and at the hind margin it has longish 

 bristly hairs. Legs yellowish brown, the front legs paler, pale yellow- 

 ish; below the basal part of hind femora some longish hairs, hind 

 tibial bristles distinct, but small. Wings a little yellowish, veins yellow 

 or brownish yellow; costa not reaching the middle, costal divisions 

 about as 11 — 5 — 3; costal cilia short; angle at fork rather acute; 

 fourth vein issuing beyond the base of the fork, curved at both ends, 

 especially at apex and ending long before the apex of the wing. 

 Balteres blackish. 

 . Length 1,5 mm. 



This interesting species is very rare in Denmark, I have taken 

 only one specimen, a female, at Ry in Jutland on ^V? 1918; it was 

 taken with the net in the grass on a field. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides from Denmark the species 

 is only known from England, where three females have been taken, 

 while the male remains unknown. 



