388 Phoridae. 



Mr. Collin looked at my species, when lately he visited Copenhagen, 

 and he was inclined to think it to be longicostalis. As will be seen, the 

 species is very near pulicaria, the distinctions shoiild be soiight in the 

 long costa, the first costal division being longer than 2 and distinctly 

 shorter than 2+3, the narrow palpi and the smaller size, but as these 

 characters all vary in pulicaria^ I am not sure that the species isdistinct, 

 and I possess specimens which I dåre not locate with certainty. That 

 my males and females belong to one species will be seen below. 



A. longicostalis (as I have determined it) is not rare in Denmark; 

 Ermelund, Dyrehaven, Geel Skov, on Bogø south of Sealand, on 

 Langeland at Lohals and in Jutland at Hejls south of Kolding, Jel- 

 ling, Ry and Silkeborg (the author); the dates are ^Ve — Vio in 1917 

 to 1921. Of Wood's three specimens one was taken in a nest of Lasius 

 jiiliginosus and another below a dead mole; I once have taken it 

 under a dead crow, and on two other occasions on fungi; but nearly 

 all my specimens I have taken in a certain way; in forests of beeches 

 where the ground is covered with dead leaves of the beeches the 

 species may be seen running on and among the leaves ; they generally 

 do not fly, but run quickly, and in this way I have taken males and 

 females together; they may also be taken by sweeping low over the 

 leaves, This way of occurrence would speak for its being a separate 

 species, but nevertheless I think it possible, that it is only an extreme 

 variety of piilicaria. 



Geographical distribution: — Hitherto only known from Den- 

 mark and England. 



128. A. brevipennis Lundbk. 

 1920. Lundbk. Vidensk. Meddel, fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 71, 33, 38. 



Male. Unknown. 



Female. Frons broader than long, greyish black, slightly shining 

 or nearly dull; inner bristle of lower row slightly below the outer and 

 a little nearer to it than to the upper supraantennal; supraantennal 

 bristles not large, unequal, the lower somewhat smaller than the upper; 

 the upper supraantennals approximate, nearer together than the 

 inner bristles of middle row, the lower a little more approximate. 

 Antennæ somewhat small, arista distinctly pubescent. Palpi yellow, 

 somewhat dusky, of ordinary size, the bristles well developed. Thorax 

 black, a little shining, with brownish pubescence. Mesopleura bare. 

 Abdomen black, dull, the hairs slightly visible. Legs brownish yellow 





