326 Phoridae. 



longish hairs below on the basal half; bristles on hind tibiæ strong, 

 also on middle tibiæ the posterodorsal bristles somewhat strong and 

 here besides a row of distinct, thoiigh fine anterodorsal bristles present, 

 going as usual over in the dense hairs below. Wings strongly brownish 

 tinged, especially the anterior margin from the end of costa outwards 

 darkened, veins brown and strong; costa reaching well to the middle, 

 costal divisions about as 8 — 6 — 3; costal cilia full long; angle at fork 

 acute; fourth vein evenly curved, only slightly more in the basal 

 part. Halteres yellow. 



Female. In all respects agreeing with the male, only hind femora 

 with shorter hairs below and the black abdominal bands narrower, 

 especially towards the sides; front tarsi a little less robust. 



Length 1,8 — 2,4 mm. 



This beautiful and interesting species will be known at once as 

 it is the sole yellow species in the group. 



A. magnifica does not seem to be specially rare in Denmark; on 

 Langeland at Lohals, and in Jutland at Hejls and Skamling south of 

 Kolding, at Jelling and in Hals Sønderskov at the east end of Lim- 

 fjorden; the dates are V?— ^7? in 1919 to 1921 (the author). I took 

 it on leaves of shrubs and with the net in low herbage in woods and 

 also running among the dead leaves on the ground. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides in Denmark the species 

 also occurs in Prussia as Schmitz has found it in Winnertz' collection 

 (Tijdschr. v. Entom. LXIV, 1921, 4), and it is not uninteresting that 

 this remarkable species, which I described in 1920, was already 

 captured in Prussia more than fifty years ago. 



Group V. 



Scutellum with two bristles. 



Mesopleura bristly with the bristles uniform, all small. 



Costa short. 



78. A. latifrons Wood. 



1910. Wood, Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XXI, 151, 198 [Pliora). — 1914. Brues, 

 BuU. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 122. — 1919. Schmitz, Entom. Ber. Nederl. 

 Ent. Ver. V, 141. 



Male. Frons not much broader than high, greyish black, dull; 

 bristles not strong; inner bristle of lower row near the outer and in 

 or almost in the same height; supraantennal bristles nearly equal, 



