266 Phoridae. 



with the hairs below the basal part short; hind tibial bristles long and 

 strong, and also middle tibiæ with distinct bristles. Wings brownish, 

 veins brown or yellowish brown; costa not or not quite reaching to 

 the middle, 1 about eqiial to 2 + 3 or very slightly longer; costal 

 cilia short; fourth vein curved in the basal part, for the rest almost 

 straight. Balteres yellow. 



Female. Similar; abdomen is somewhat shining behind, the 

 fourth abdominal tergite not abbreviated; the hairs at the end of 

 abdomen quite short, not longish as in ciliata. 



Length 1,3 to fully 2 mm. 



A. aequalis is less common in Denmark than ciliata, but in no 

 way rare; Ermelund, Dyrehaven, Holte, Geel Skov, on Langeland 

 at Lohals, on Ærø, and in Jutland at Ry (Th. Mortensen, the authorj; 

 the dates are ^^4 — ^^U; I have taken it in copula on ^Vs. It was for 

 the first time taken in 1917. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides from Denmark the species 

 is at present recorded from England and Holland, and from Prussia 

 (Schmitz, Tijdschr. v. Entom. LXIV, 1921, 2.). 



28. A. coaequalis Schmitz. 

 1919. Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 1918, 153. 



Male. Similar to the two preceding. Frons narrow, a little higher 

 than broad, black and somewhat shining; outer bristle of lower row 

 somewhat to considerably above the inner and thus placed higher 

 than in aequalis; supraantennal bristles somewhat unequal as in the 

 other two. Antennæ small, brownish black, arista very short-pubescent. 

 Palpi yellow, of ordinary size and armature. Thorax black, a little 

 shining, with dark brownish pubescence. Mesopleura bristly with 

 one long and strong bristle. Abdomen oval, black, a little greyish, 

 dull; sixth segment a little elongated; abdomen is haired as in the 

 other two. Hypopygium likewise quite small and withdrawn, anal 

 tube a little longer, dusky yellow. Legs yellowish brown, front legs 

 yellowish; the hind legs may be darkened, but are never black; the 

 hairs below hind femora longish, longer than in aequalis; hind tibial 

 bristles long and strong. Wings yellowish brown, veins yellowish or 

 the thin veins more brownish; costa not reaching the middle, 0,44 — 

 0,45, 1 distinctly longer to IV2 times longer than 2 + 3; costal cilia 

 short, but a little longer than in aequalis; fourth vein as in aequalis. 

 Halteres yellow. 



