368 Phoridae. 



more brownish. Mesopleura bare. Abdomen yellowish, with sparse, 

 short hairs. Legs yellow; bristles on hind tibiæ niimerous and hair- 

 like. Wings yellow, veins brownish yellow or pale brown; costa reach- 

 ing beyond the middle, it is suddenly thickened a little after the hu- 

 meral cross-vein, the thickening becomes soon very broad, broader 

 than the subcostal cell, it then decreases evenly outwards, but reaches 

 the end of costa; 1 about equal to 2+3; costal cilia long; fourth 



Fig. 110. Wing of A. brunneipennis $. 



vein curves downwards after the base of the fork, it is somewhat 

 curved in its first part, for the rest very slightly curved. Halteres 

 yellow. 



Length. About 2,5 mm. 



A. brunneipennis is very rare in Denmark, only one specimen 

 has been taken many years ago in Ruderhegn by F. Jacobsen; it 

 stood in our old collection under liitea. 



Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Italy, towards 

 the north to southern Sweden. 



Remarks: As shown by Wood this species, which is known only 

 in the female sex, was by Becker considered to be the male of costalis 

 V. Ros. There is an error in Brues's catalogue, as he cites the female 

 of costalis Beck. under brunneipennis and the male under costalis, 

 wliile it should be the reverse. 



113. A. discreta Wood. 



1909. Wood. Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XX, 193, 242 (Phora). - 1914. Brues, 

 BuU. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 116. — Phora denotata Wood, p. p. S, 1909. 

 1. c. 192 et 1912. I. c. 2, XXIII, 170. 



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

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

 than to the upper supraantennal ; supraantennal bristles unequal, 



