. 156 Phoridae. considerably brown; veins brown; costa not reaching quite to the middle; second and third vein parallel and hence 1 about four times longer than 2 + 3; angle at fork very acute; costal cilia short and fine; fourth vein issues anterior to the base of the fork and is rather straight and also fifth and sixth veins nearly straight; fourth to sixth veins evanescent before the margin, but the seventh vein reaching it. Halteres whitish yellow. Female. Clypeus protruding, long and narrow, forceps-shaped; oral cone and pro- boscis long, together forming a knee. Ab- domen with the fourth
. 156 Phoridae. considerably brown; veins brown; costa not reaching quite to the middle; second and third vein parallel and hence 1 about four times longer than 2 + 3; angle at fork very acute; costal cilia short and fine; fourth vein issues anterior to the base of the fork and is rather straight and also fifth and sixth veins nearly straight; fourth to sixth veins evanescent before the margin, but the seventh vein reaching it. Halteres whitish yellow. Female. Clypeus protruding, long and narrow, forceps-shaped; oral cone and pro- boscis long, together forming a knee. Ab- domen with the fourth tergite narrow, fifth and sixth segments without tergites; the last Fig. 58. Head of ^ n D. abbrev^ata 2. ^^^^^^^^ «^g"^^^* ^^11°^^'' Length 3—-3,5 mm. As I have seen only the female of this species, the description of the male is partly taken from Becker. D. abbreviata is very rare in Denmark, only one specimen, a female, has been caught; Bogo south of Sealand V? 1917 (the author). Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Italy; it seems to have its northern limit on Denmark. 4. D. Oldenbergi Schmitz. 1920. Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limbarg 1919, 104. Male. Frons about quadratic, black, somewhat shining; it is very coarsely punctate, the rows of bristles nearly straight, only the front row a little convex; supraantennal bristles strong. Antennae of ordinary size, third joint blackish, brown on the lower side, arista distinctly pubescent. Palpi of ordinary size, a little broad, black or blackish, the bristles not long. Thorax black, somewhat shining, \\ith bro\\iiish black pubescence and one pair of dorsocentral bristles. Scutellum with four about equal bristles. Abdomen black, dull, a little shining at apex, second and sixth segments elongated; hairs only visible on fifth and sixth segments. Hypopygium rather small, the dorsal part quite short; it is somewhat hairy, especi- ally on the right side, and below there are some longer hairs; anal tube finger-like,
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