408 Phoridae. 



the upper siipraantennals as distant as the inner bristles of middle 

 row, the lower distinctly more approximate. Antennæ black, perhaps 

 a little above ordinary size, arista short-pubescent. Palpi diisky 

 yellow, of ordinary size and armature. Thorax black, very slightly 

 shining, with brownish pubescence. Mesopleura bare. Abdomen some- 

 what robust, black, dull; short hairs just visible at the hind margins 

 of the segments. Hypopygium small and withdrawn, with some hairs 

 below on the sides; ventral plate yellow, short, but broad; anal tube 

 minute, blackish. Legs blackish or blackish brown, front legs a little 

 paler; the legs upon the whole somewhat robust, hind tibiæ distinctly 

 thickened and above, near the knees, suddenly contracted ; the hairs 

 below the basal half of hind femora sparse and longish; bristles on 

 hind tibiæ small and fine. Wings not tinged, colourless, thick veins 

 brown, the others more pale; costa about 0,43 of the wing-length, 

 costal divisions about as 15 — 5 — 4; costal cilia moderately long; 

 fourth vein a little curved at the origin, for the rest nearly straight. 

 Balteres dark brown. 



Female. Similar to the male, but the legs less or not robust and 

 hind tibiæ of common shape; palpi yellow, 



Length 1 — 1,3 mm. 



A. tihiella is rare. Ry in Jutland 7? and ^V? 1918 (the author); 

 one male and one female. The sexes were taken in the same locality 

 (though not at the same time) and as they are rather agreeing I think 

 it certain tliat they belong to the same species. 



Geographical distribution: — Hitherto only known from Den- 

 mark. 



145. A. hirticaudata Wood. 



1910. Wood, Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XXI, 246, 248 {Phora). — 1914. Bmes, 

 Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 121. — 1919. Schimitz, Entom. Ber. Nederl. 

 Ent. Ver. V, 142. 



Male. Frons somewhat broader than high, greyish black, a little 

 shining; inner bristle of lower row a little below the outer and only 

 slightly nearer to it than to the upper supraantennal; supraantennal 

 bristles unequal, the lower somewhat smaller and weaker than the 

 upper; the upper supraantennals approximate, slightly nearer together 

 than the inner bristles of middle row, the lower still a little more 

 approximate and close the upper. Antennæ smallish, black, arista 

 distinctly pubescent. Palpi blackish, not large, there are three apical 

 bristles of ordinary size, the others small. Thorax black, a little shining, 



