416 Phoridae. 



Mesopleura bare. Abdomen black, a little greyish, dull; the short 

 hairs distinctly visible, a little longer at the hind margins of the 

 segments and here increasing a little in length towards the end; 

 venter yellowish brown. Hypopygium of medium size or a little large, 

 whitish or pale yellow, only greyish or greyish black at the apex; 

 on the sides there are numerous conspicuous hairs; below there is a 

 large, pale yellow or whitish ventral plate ; anal tube somewhat short, 

 but high, dark with the apex paler. Legs yellow, hind femora more 

 or less dark at apex and also hind tibiæ a little darkened just at the 

 end; hind femora with sparse, somewhat long hairs below the basal 

 half ; bristles on hind tibiæ distinct, fine, but not quite short; the apical 

 spur on middle tibiæ rather long, nearly as long as metatarsus. Wings 

 yellowish or light yellowish brown, veins pale brown; costa 0,43 — 

 0,44 of the wing-length, costal divisions about as 13 — 6 — 4; costal 

 cilia long or very long; fourth vein almost straight in the middle, but 

 curved in both ends. Halteres yellow. 



Female. Similar to the male and hind femora with similar 

 hairs below; abdomen often somewhat pale or translucently brownish; 

 the end-lamellæ ratlier large, almost hammer-shaped. 



A. alhicaiidata is somewhat rare in Denmark; Geel Skov (the 

 author), Holte, Hillerød and Suserup Skov at Sorø (Th. Mortensen); 

 the dates are '74— 'Vio in 1917 to 1921. 



Geographical distribution: — Besides in Denmark occurring in 

 England and, according to a specimen sent from Pater Schmitz, 

 also in Holland. 



152. A. spinicincta Wood. 



1910. Wood, Ent. Mcnth. Mag. 2, XXI, 245, 248 {Phom). — 1914. Brues, 

 Bull. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 133. 



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

 bristles strong, inner bristle of lower row very slightly below the 

 outer and in about the middle between it and the upper supraantennal; 

 supraantennal bristles not large, unequal, the lower quite small; the 

 upper supraantennals approximate, about as distant as the inner 

 bristles of middle row, the lower slightly more approximate. Antennæ 

 somewhat small, brownish black, arista short-pubescent. Palpi 

 yellow, of ordinary size, with moderately long bristles. Thorax black, 

 slightly shining, with brownish pubescence. Mesopleura bare. Ab- 

 domen black, dull, the short hairs a little longer at the hind margins 



