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PHORIDJE ASSOCIATED WITH ANTS AND TER- 
MITES IN TRINIDAD 1 
By Charles T. Brues 
The following notes and descriptions of Phoridae are 
based on a small collection secured by Dr. J. G. Myers in 
Trinidad, British West Indies. As Dr. Myers intends to 
publish observations which he has made on the biology of 
the several species, I am taking this opportunity to present 
descriptions of two forms not previously known, together 
with notes that extend the known distribution of two other 
species. 
Diploneura (Dohrniphora) conspicua Borgmeier 
Vozes de Petropolis, vol. 17, p. 628 (1923) 
Arch. Mus. Nac. Rio Janeiro, vol. 25, p. 99 (1925) 
Two males, taken by Dr. Myers in Trinidad in company 
with the following species. The species was described as 
termitophilous by Borgmeier as his types were taken in a 
nest of Eutermes in Minas Geraes, Brazil. 
This species resembles the North American D. incisuralis 
for which I mistook it at first glance, but the bristles out- 
side the seam on the hind tibia lie much nearer to the hair- 
seam. 
Diploneura (Dohrniphora) myersi sp. nov. 
$. Length 1.6 mm. Body black; antennae dark brown;: 
palpi somewhat lighter brown ; proboscis honey-yellow ; legs 
dull brownish yellow, their coxae almost black, except the 
front ones which are brownish ; wings hyaline, with piceous 
venation. Front shining, slightly higher than broad ; supra- 
antennal bristles inserted close together, strongly diver- 
MFrom the Entomological Laboratory, Harvard University) 
