280 Phoridae. 



Male. Frons a little broader than high, nearly quadratic, black 

 and strongly shining; inner bristle of lower row slightly below the 

 outer and a little nearer to it than to the upper siipraantennal ; supra- 

 antennal bristles unequal, the lower somewhat smaller than the upper; 

 the upper supraantennals approximate, not as distant as the inner 

 bristles of middle row, the lower a little more approximate. Antennæ 

 of ordinary size, black or dark brown, arista somewhat long, distinctly 

 pubescent. Palpi yellow, of ordinary size and armature, the bristles, 

 however, not long. Thorax black, shining, with brown pubescence. 

 Pleura a little brownish anteriorly. Mesopleura bristly, the bristles 

 uniform. Abdomen black, dull, sixth segment a little elongated, the 

 very short hairs almost only visible at the hind margins of the seg- 

 ments and slightly longer at the hind margin and the sides of sixth 

 segment. Hypopygium small, grey, fmely haired at the sides below; 

 a broad, rounded, yellowish to blackish ventral plate is often seen; 

 anal tube short, but somewhat high, yellow, dusky at the base. Legs 

 yellowish brown, the hind legs paler or darker brown and hind femora 

 often blackish brown; hind femora somewhat broad, with a fatty 

 gloss, and also the hind tibiæ somewhat stout; the hairs below hind 

 femora not long; bristles on hind tibiæ rather dense and numerous, 

 distinct, but fme. Wings brownish tinged, veins brown and thin veins 

 rather strong; costa relatively short, 0,44 — 0,46 of the wing-length, 

 costal divisions about as 10 — 4 — 3; costal cilia short; angle at fork of 

 medium size; fourth vein evenly curved in its whole length. Halteres 

 yellow. 



Female. Quite similar to the male; costa generally of the greatest 

 length given above. 



Length 1 — 1,5 mm. 



I have compared my specimens with typical specimens from 

 Pater Schmitz. 



A. lucijrons is common in Denmark; Ermelund, Ørholm, Holte, 

 Hillerød, Suserup Skov at Sorø, on Langeland at Lohals, on Ærø, 

 and in Jutland at Hejls south of Kolding and at Ry (Th. Mortensen, 

 the author); the dates are ^^5— 'V9 in 1917 to 1921. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides in Denmark known from 

 Holland and Germany. 



40. A. subnitida Lundbk. 



1920. Lundbk. Vidensk. Meddel, fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 71, 6. — 1920. 

 Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuuih. Genootsch. Limburg 1919, 144. 



