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and Skamling south of Kolding, Jelling, Ry and in Egense Skov at 

 the east end of Limfjorden, and finally on Bornholm at Rø; my dates 

 are ^"/e — ^U; it is generally taken on bushes and in low herbage in 

 woods in humid piaces. I have taken it in copula on ^/g. 



Geographical distribution: — A common and widely distributed 

 species; all Europe, towards the north to northern Scandinavia; 

 further recorded from Formosa and from North- and South America. 



Remarks: I have seen Zetterstedt's specimens of lutea and I 

 found Becker's statement, that they are identical with our species, 

 correct. 



The described sexual character in the shape of the last joint of 

 the posterior tarsi in the male is rather interesting, and it is always 

 well developed and not varying; I possess, however, one male spec- 

 imen (from Marienlyst, Falster) in which the posterior tarsi are 

 simple as in the female; I do not think it possible that it is a new 

 species, as in all other respects it is quite typical, and it has the above 

 described typical male colour; it was taken together with other spec- 

 imens of sulphuripes ; it is unmistakably a male (which I state express- 

 ly, as the female in this species may be rather similar to the male as 

 regards the end of abdomen); I think it therefore most probable 

 that we have here to do with a semihermaphroditic specimen; such 

 specimens have not hitherto been described among the Phorids. 



106. A. scutellaris Wood. 



1909. Wood, Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XX, 120, 148, fig. 4 (Phora). - 1914. 

 Brues, Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 132. 



Male. Frons broader than high, blackish grey, dull; bristles 

 strong, inner bristle of lower row slightly below the outer and in 

 about the middle between it and the upper supraantennal ; supra- 

 antennal bristles unequal, the lower about half as large as the upper; 

 the upper supraantennals nearer together than the inner bristles of 

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

 size, red or brownish red, arista short-pubescent. Palpi yellow, of 

 ordinary size and armature. Thorax black, slightly shining, the humeri, 

 the postalar calli and the scutellum or its margin generally more or 

 less reddish, and so also often the whole side margin of thorax, and 

 sometimes the whole disc reddish or yellowish red; the pubescence 

 blackish brown. Pleura more or less brownish, especially anteriorly 



