1924] New and Unrecorded American Species of Phoridce 157 
palpus. Thorax above and upper part of mesopleura very shin- 
ing, clothed with fine recumbent bristly hairs which extend 
down on to the top of the pleura; sides of prothorax also hairy, 
with two bristles above the coxa and two very large ones below 
the spiracle. One pair of dorsocentral bristles; two scutellar 
bristles, the lateral ones reduced to hairs; posterior edge of 
mesonotum with six small bristles as long as the width of the 
scutellum. Abdomen above shining, faintly shagreened; sides 
sparsely clothed with recumbent hairs; second segment almost 
as long as the four following; sixth as long as the two preceding, 
clothed with sparse hairs. Legs very stout, the hind femora 
barely three times as long as wide ; front tibia with a long bristle 
at the basal third, followed by a line of about eight small ones 
extending to the tip which bears two short spurs; middle tibia 
with a pair of large bristles at the basal third and two apical 
spurs, the longer one nearly half the length of the tibia; hind 
tibia with a single bristle externally just before the middle and 
with a pair externally at the tip in addition to the two subequal 
internally placed apical spurs; apex of tibia inwardly with four 
transverse combs of short bristles. Pleurae shining, very finely 
shagreened. Costa extending barely beyond the middle of the 
wing; its cilia dense, but short, about twice as long as the 
thickness of the rather slender costal vein; humeral cross- vein 
distinct, but pale colored; mediastinal absent; first vein ending 
midway between the cross vein and tip of costa; third vein with 
several minute bristles at the base, but with no distinct hairs 
beyond (there are traces of a few minute hairs to be seen with 
the highest power of the binocular, but none like those seen in 
the species with this vein hairy); not widened apically; fourth 
vein originating well below the third, curved at base, straight 
beyond, ending at the wing tip; fifth and sixth complete, nearly 
straight; seventh obsolete. 
9 . Length 3-3.2 mm. Essentially similar, except for the 
normal ovate antennae, with the usual arista and slightly less 
elevated frontal margin. 
Male type and four females paratypes collected by Dr. 
C. F. Adams at Atherton, Mo,, October 4. 
