346 CHARLES T. BRUES. 



comb like armature of the hind tibiae is developed to a remarkable 

 extent, much more so than in any other species of Phoridce which I 

 have examined. 



Pliora venusta Coq. 

 Coquillett, Canadian Entomologist, xxvii, p. 107 '18951. 



9. Head and thorax black, subshining; antennae yellowish brown; palpi, 

 halteres and legs, including the coxae, yellow. Abdomen opaque velvet-black, 

 the broad bases of the second and sixth segments and a triangular dorsal spot at 

 the base of the third, fourth and fifth segments yellow; venter also yellow. 

 Frontal seta? pointing upward. Front tibiae on the outer side each bearing one, 

 the middle tibiae with two stout setse near the base, hind tibiae destitute of setae 

 on the outer side. Wings hyaline, costal vein extending to the middle of the 

 wing, ciliate with minute bristles, the second heavy vein forked near tbe apex, 

 the tip of the first vein near the last fourth of the distance between the humeral 

 cross-vein and tip of the first branch of the second vein ; first slender vein nearly 

 straight, the cell in front of it subequal in width to the one behind it. 



Length 1 mm. 



Type locality, Boston, Mass. One specimen in the U. S. N. M. 

 I have seen no specimens of this species. 



Pliora comstocki sp. nov. (Fig. 12.) 

 ■• Male. Antennae and palpi red, halteres and legs yellow, hind tibiae and tarsi a 

 little darker; head, thorax and abdomen black. Front opaque. Dorsum of tho- 

 rax somewhat shining, with two pairs of dorsocentral maerochaetae, of which the 

 anterior pair is the smaller; scutellum with four stout marginal bristles. Pleurae 

 and middle, coxae brownish. Hind femora thickened ; each hind tibia with three 

 strong setee before the middle and one at apex, besides two strong apical spurs. 

 Middle, tibiae with two strong setae below the knee and also a subapical one on 

 the front side, besides the spur at apex. Front tibia with a moderately strong 

 seta in the middle of the upper side. Hypopygium in the form of a rather large 

 knob. Wings yellowish ; costal vein extending beyond the middle of the wing ; 

 first vein reaching three-fifths of the distance, from the humeral to the tip of the 

 costal; third vein bare above, except for a single bristle near its base; fourth 

 vein ending just before the apex of the wing, curved at base, straight at apex ; 

 fifth vein straight, parallel with the apical part of the fourth." (J. M. A. MS.) 

 Length 2 mm., of wing 2.5 mm. 



One male, Ithaca, N. Y., July 13, 1894 (Cornell Univ.). 



Named in honor of Professor J. H. Comstock. 



This species differs from luggeri in not having hair on the upper 

 side of the third vein, as well as by the number of dorsocentral 

 macroch setse. In this species the fourth vein in its first part is much 

 less sinuous, there is a row of little bristles below at the tip of the 

 hind femur, and the third seta of the hind and middle tibise is not 

 so near the apex. 



