Horváth Géza (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 5. (Budapest 1907)
Brues, C. T.: Some new exotic Phoridae
410 charles t. brues AFRICAN SPECIES. Puliciphora africana n. sp. (Plate VIII. fig. 7.) Female , Length 1 — 1*5 mm. Pale testaceous, the abdominal sclelites fuscous. Head rounded, the distance from the anterior margin of the front to the vertex two-thirds as great as the width of the head. Ocelli present, in a small triangle. Eyes oval, fully once and a half as large as the antennae. Anterior margin of the front sloping forward to the center where it is obtusely pointed. The frontal macrochaetse are broken off in all the specimens, but there sem to have been four anterior ones, another at the lower angle, and ocellar row of four. Cheeks without bristles. Palpi clavate, bristly below, especially near the tips. Proboscis large, swollen and lleshy. Antennae small, round, the arista reaching as far as the base of the abdomen. Mésonotum about two and one-half times as wide as long, the métanotum visible behind, one-third as long as the mésonotum, no trace of scutellum. Abdomen very convex, not at all depressed, but rather circular in cross section, first dorsal plate visible as a thin strip, second large, one-half as long as wide ; third only one-half as long as second ; fourth a little shorter; fith much shorter; sixth visible only as a small, short curved piece behind the gland opening. All of the abdominal plates are highly polished and nearly bare. Legs moderately stout, each hind tibia with a very short spur. No trace of wings or halteres. Three females from Kibosho, German East Africa, March 1903 (K ATONA). This is the first species of the genus to be discovered on the African continent, and it therefore widely extends the range of F^ilicipltora, which is now known to occur also in the East Indies, India, the West Indies, the United Staates, and probably in Europe. The present form seems to be more like the occidental species than the Indoaustralian ones, although all are very similar. Chonocephalus kiboshoënsis n. sp. (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) Female. Length 0-8 mm. Pale testaceous, the dorsum of the abdomen fuscous, except the first segment which is light brown. Head unusually long, viewed from the side it is about one-half longer from
