366 Phoridae. 



roimd the ends of branches, both sexes present; my dates are ^^/s — 

 •^"/n, but it is by far most common in autiimn. I have taken it in 

 copula between V? and ^Vio, and as said it is often seen in copula. 

 My material has been collected in the later years, in 1913 to 1921, 

 but in Stæger's collection there is an old pair, placed under pulicaria. 

 Geographical distribution: — Besides in Denmark occurring and 

 common in England and, according to specimens sent from Pater 

 Schmitz, in Holland; no doubt it will prove to have a much wider 

 range. 



111. A. subtumida Wood. 



1909. Wood, Entom. Month. Mag. 2, XX, 195, 244 {Phora). — 1914. 

 Brues, Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 134. 



Male. Frons broader than high, greyish black, dull; inner bristle 

 of lower row in about the same height as the outer, and nearer to it 

 than to the upper supraantennal; supraantennal bristles unequal, the 

 lower much smaller than the upper, but varying and reaching to about 

 half the size of the upper; the upper supraantennals nearer together 

 than the inner bristles of middle row and the lower more approximate. 

 Antennæ of ordinary size, black, arista distinctly pubescent. Palpi 

 yellow or dark yellowish, of ordinary size, with somewhat long bristles, 

 Thorax black, almost not shining, with brownish pubescence; some- 

 times thorax may be a little paler, brownish. Mesopleura bare. Ab- 

 domen black, slightly greyish, dull, the short hairs a little more 

 visible at the hind margins of the segments, longest on sixth segment, 

 but not long. Hypopygium small, greyish or brownish grey, with 

 quite small hairs on the sides; below there is a whitish yellow, flap- 

 like ventral plate ; anal tube quite short, but high, yellowish or dusky 

 yellow. Legs yellowish, the posterior or the hind legs may be slightly 

 brownish; the hairs below the basal half of hind femora only slightly 

 longish; bristles on hind tibiæ numerous and hair-like. Wings somewhat 

 yellowish, veins brown; costa reaching to the middle or beyond, 

 1 about equal to 2 + 3 or shorter; costal cilia full long; fork somewhat 

 longish; fourth vein somewhat curved in its basal part, for the rest 

 nearly straight, it curves downwards behind the base of the fork. 

 H alteres yellow. 



Female. Similar to the male; wings generally more yellowish 

 and the costa thickened; the thickening begins at the humeral cross- 

 vein and stretches to the end, but is strengest on the middle part; 



