256 Phoridae. 



antennal; supraantennal bristles unequal, the lower less than half 



the size of the upper or smaller; the iipper siipraantennals approx- 



imatc, nearer together than the inner bristles of the middle row, the 



lower still more approximate. Antennæ blackish brown, third joint 



large and oval, reaching beyond the middle of the eye; arista short 



and straight, very short-piibescent. Palpi yellow, with ordinary, not 



long bristles. Thorax black, a little shining, with pale brownish pube- 



scence. Scutellum with four equal bristles. Mesopleura bare. Abdomen 



black, rather slightly greyish, dull; it is exceedingly short and spar- 



ingly haired, only at the hind corners of second segment some small 



hairs more visible. Hypopygium small, symmetricai, greyish; anal 



tube compressed, narrow at the base, 



increasing in height outwards and 



very high at the middle, but then 



emarginate to the apex (fig. 83), it 



is yellow, more or less brownish at 



the base. Legs brownish yellow or 



■r<- Qo A ■ * 1^ brownish, hind femora somewhat di- 



Fig. 83. A. emarginata (J, ' 



anal tube X 135. lated, with long hairs below on the 



basal half; hind tibial bristles of 

 medium size, the dorsal hair-seam is strongly deflected towards the 

 anterior in the apical third and hence the dorsal margin seen in 

 profde is much arched. Wings slightly yellowish tinged, veins brown 

 or dark brown; costa not reaching the middle, 1 nearly double 2 and 

 longer than 2+3; costal cilia long; the outer branch of the fork 

 slightly angulated and from here issues the fourth vein which is evenly 

 curved in the whole length. Halteres dark or dusky yellow to light 

 brownish. 



Female. I have not seen the female; according to the des crip 

 tions, it has the frons a little less broad, the antennæ of ordinary 

 size with the third joint roundish and arista a little longer; the ovi- 

 positor long and excerted (Wood). 



Length fully 1 to 1,6 mm. 



A. emarginata is a rare species in Denmark; Holte (Th. Morten- 

 sen), Geel Skov and in Jutland at Hejls south of Kolding and Ry 

 (the author); in all six specimens, all males; my dates are Ve — ^^/s- 

 It was taken for the first time in 1917. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides from Denmark the species 

 is known from England and Holland. 



