IX. 
ANNALES MUSEI NATIONALES HUNG ARICI. 
1911. 
THE PHORIDAE OF FORMOSA 
COLLECTED BY Mr. H. SAUTER. 1 
By Charles T. Brues. 
(With 19 textfigures.) 
Until the present time, the Phoridæ occurring in Formosa have re¬ 
mained entirely unknown as the island has been but little visited by ento¬ 
mologists, and those who have collected there paid no attention to 
members of this interesting family. 
During the years 1907 and 1908, Mr. Hans Sauter obtained no 
less than twenty species in various parts of Formosa during his ento¬ 
mological excursions taken in the interest of the Hungarian National 
Museum, and these were sent to me for examination by Dr. K. Kertész 
of the museum. Although this collection must represent but a small 
portion of the fauna, it is extremely varied and contains a number of 
very interesting forms, among which are members of five genera, inclu¬ 
ding one (Puliciphora) of which the female is wingless. None of the 
genera are new, in fact all are of nearly cosmopolitan distribution. All 
of the species appear to be undescribed, however, with the exception 
of a single Aphiochaeta which I am unable to distinguish from the 
common holarctic A. pygmaea Zett. 
Phora Latr. 
There are four species of this genus, distinguishable as follows : 
1. Scutellum with two bristles. „„ „„ „„ _ . Ph. mordax n. sp. 
— Scutellum with four bristles. . . „„ „„ 2. 
2. Thorax black above. . „„ „„ _ „„ „„ _ 3. 
— Thorax brownish yellow above. „„ p „„ _ 1. _ Ph. conventa n. sp. 
3. Wings clear hyaline ; apex of abdomen yellowish. Ph. fasciventris n. sp. 
— Wings yellowish ; abdomen yellowish at base. „„ „„ Ph. egregia n. sp. 
1 Contributions from the Entomological Laboratory of the Bussey Institu¬ 
tion, Harvard University. No. 47. 
