378 Phoridae. 



Male. Frons considerably broader than high, greyish black, 

 dullish; inner bristle of lower row a little below the outer and about 

 in the middle between it and the iipper supraantennal, or shghtly 

 nearer to the latter; supraantennal bristles not large, the upper about 

 as distant as the inner bristles of middle row, the lower quite small, 

 a little more approximate. Antennæ somewhat large, blackish brown, 

 arista short-pubescent. Palpi yellow, of ordinary size, the bristles 

 not long, Thorax black, slightly shining, with brownish pubescence. 

 Mesopleura bare. Abdomen black, somewhat greyish, dull; the short 

 hairs distinctly visible, very slightly longer at the hind margins of the 

 segments; the hairs at the sides longer behind, especially long on the 

 sixth segment. Hypopygium somewhat small or of medium size, 

 with, a number of long bristles on each side stretching from the lower 

 corner upwards, and above with some smaller bristles behind ; ventral 

 plate small and short; anal tube of medium size, yellow or dusky. 

 Legs from yellow to lighter or darker brown, sometimes rather dark 

 and often the posterior femora darkened especially along the upper 

 and lower margin; hind femora with long, somewhat sparse hairs 

 below the basal half ; hind tibiæ of the same curious shape as in hirti- 

 ventris, the deflection of the hair-seam generally still more sudden 

 and the flattened area generally only occupying about the lower 

 third, but sometimes stretching higher up, and upon the whole some- 

 what varying in shape; above the area there are numerous quite 

 small and hair-like bristles. Wings from clear to distinctly yellowish; 

 veins pale to dark brown; costa not reaching to the middle, some- 

 times rather short, down to 0,42; 1 nearly three times as long as 2; 

 costal cilia long; fourth vein a little curved at the origin, for the rest 

 nearly straight, only a little curved again at the apex. Halteres whitish 

 or pale yellow. 



Female. Similar; antennæ of ordinary size; costa longer, reaching 

 to or near to the middle; the hairs below hind femora about as in the 

 male; hind tibiæ simple, the dorsal hair-seam, however, somewhat 

 strongly deflected in about the lower third. 



Length 1,3 — 1,8 mm. 



The male of this species is known at once, but the female bears 

 much resemblance especially to pulicaria; it should be distinguished 

 by the minute lower supraantennals, the much longer first costal 

 division, the long hairs below hind femora and also by the shape of 

 hind tibiæ. As mentioned the shape of the flat area on the male hind 

 tibiæ varies somewhat, but this is, I think, certainly of no specific 



