. Fig. 102. Wing of A. superciliata (^. blackish, generally with the apex pale. Legs blackish brown or brown, the front legs paler, hind femora the darkest; the hind femora have short hairs below; bristles on hind tibiæ small, hair-like and numerous. Wings brownish tinged, veins brown; costa about 0,43—0,44 of the wing-length, costal divisions about as 9—4—3; costal cilia very long; angle at fork not large or generally a little acute; fourth vein curved in its first part and then evenly curved. Halteres yellow. Female. Quite similar to the male. Length 1—1,3 mm. A. superciliata seems to be rar
. Fig. 102. Wing of A. superciliata (^. blackish, generally with the apex pale. Legs blackish brown or brown, the front legs paler, hind femora the darkest; the hind femora have short hairs below; bristles on hind tibiæ small, hair-like and numerous. Wings brownish tinged, veins brown; costa about 0,43—0,44 of the wing-length, costal divisions about as 9—4—3; costal cilia very long; angle at fork not large or generally a little acute; fourth vein curved in its first part and then evenly curved. Halteres yellow. Female. Quite similar to the male. Length 1—1,3 mm. A. superciliata seems to be rare in Denmark; Geel Skov, Bogø south of Sealand, on Langeland at Lohals and in Jutland at Ry (the author); the dates are V?—^Ve in 1917 to 1920; in all six males and seven females have been taken; on one occasion I took it in grass with the net. Geographical distribution: — Besides in Denmark occurring in England and, according to specimens from Pater Schmitz, in Holland. 85. A. brevipes Lundbk. 1920. Lundbk. Vidensk. Meddel, fra Dansk naturh. Foren. 71, 21, 24. Male. Frons somewhat broader than high, greyish black, dull; inner bristle of lower row below the outer and a little nearer to it
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