334 Phoridae. 



row, the lower a lit tie more approximate. Antennæ of about ordinary 

 size, black, arista short-pubescent. Palpi yellow, of ordinary size, 

 with well developed bristles. Thorax black, a little shining, with 

 brownish pubescence. Mesopleura with uniform bristles. Abdomen 

 black, a little greyish, dull; sixth segment a little elongated; the 

 very short hairs are not longer at the hind margins of the segments 

 and only slightly longer at the hind margin of sixth segment. Hypo- 

 pygium somewhat small, but produced downwards and thus higher 

 than long; there are only quite small hairs on the sides; below there 

 is a large and flap-like yellowish ventral plate; anal tube small, 



Fig. 102. Wing of A. superciliata (^ . 



blackish, generally with the apex pale. Legs blackish brown or brown, 

 the front legs paler, hind femora the darkest; the hind femora have 

 short hairs below; bristles on hind tibiæ small, hair-like and numerous. 

 Wings brownish tinged, veins brown; costa about 0,43 — 0,44 of the 

 wing-length, costal divisions about as 9 — 4 — 3; costal cilia very long; 

 angle at fork not large or generally a little acute; fourth vein curved 

 in its first part and then evenly curved. Halteres yellow. 



Female. Quite similar to the male. 



Length 1 — 1,3 mm. 



A. superciliata seems to be rare in Denmark; Geel Skov, Bogø 

 south of Sealand, on Langeland at Lohals and in Jutland at Ry 

 (the author); the dates are V? — ^Ve in 1917 to 1920; in all six males 

 and seven females have been taken; on one occasion I took it in grass 

 with the net. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides in Denmark occurring in 

 England and, according to specimens from Pater Schmitz, in Holland. 



85. A. brevipes Lundbk. 

 1920. Lundbk. Vidensk. Meddel, fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 71, 21, 24. 



Male. Frons somewhat broader than high, greyish black, dull; 

 inner bristle of lower row below the outer and a little nearer to it 



