268 Phoridae. 



the ventral margin at apex rather bristly; hind tibial bristles few 

 in number, very long and strong, also on middle tibiæ small bristles 

 present. Wings brownish, veins brown; costa reaching considerably 

 beyond the middle, 1 about eqiial to 2, but not longer; costal cilia 

 short, but moderately so; fourth vein somewhat curved in the basal 

 part, for the rest very slightly curved. H alteres yellow. 



Female. Similar; abdomen with the fourth tergite abbreviated, 

 about half as long as third, the latter somewhat excised in the hind 

 margin; hind femora as in the male with long hairs below the basal 

 half. 



Length 1,7 — 2 mm. 



A. flarescens is rare in Denmark, only three specimens, all females, 

 have been taken; on Langeland at Lohals ^V? 1920 (the author), on 

 Falster at Resle ^Vs 1882 (H. J. Hansen), and in Jutland at Hejls | 

 south of Kolding ^^|^ 1919 (the author), the latter specimen was 

 taken on the flower of an Umbellifer. The above description of the ! 

 male is drawn from a Dutch specimen kindly sent to me from Pater | 

 Schmitz. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides from Denmark known 

 from England and Holland. 



30. A. fungivora Wood. 



1909. Wood, Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XX, 116, 145 [Phora). - 1914. Brues, 

 Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 119. — A. fuscipennis Lundbk. 1920. Vidensk. 

 Meddel, fra Dansk nat. Foren. 71, 2. 



Male. Frons somewhat broader tlian high, black, a little greyish, 

 dull; inner bristle of lower row somewdiat below the outer and in 

 about the middle between it and the upper supraantennal or a little 

 nearer to the latter; supraantennal bristles unequal, the lower about 

 half as large as the upper or smaller; the upper supraantennals almost 

 as distant as the inner bristles of middle row or a little more ap- 

 proximate, the lower almost not more approximate. Antennæ of 

 ordinary size, black, arista not long, short-pubescent. Palpi not large, 

 yellow or dusky yellow, with ordinary, not long bristles. Thorax 

 black, nearly dull, with brownish pubescence. The pleura may be a 

 little brownish, especially anteriorly. Mesopleura conspicuously 

 bristly, with one or two longer, but not specially long bristles. Abdomen 

 black, very slightly greyish, dull; it has short hairs, most distinct 

 at the hind margins of the segments and especially at the hind corners; 

 the hairs at the hind margin of sixth segment longish, especially 



