118 Journal New York Entomological Society, t"^''^'- xxix, 



identified by Doctor H. D. House, State Botanist, as Junipcnts scopu- 

 lonim. The adult issued March 31. and is noteworthy because of the 

 numerous peculiar transverse elevations on the antennal segments, 

 suggesting circumfila, though in reality probably transverse chitinous 

 ridges. 



Winnertzia fungicola new species. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennas a little shorter than the body, sparsely 

 haired, dark brown, 14 segments, the 5th with a stem Y^ the length of the basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length J/2 greater than its diameter. Terminal 

 segment produced, narrowly conical, with a length fully four times its diameter. 

 Palpi ; first segment with a length over twice its diameter, the second nearly 

 twice as long, the third about as long as the second and the fourth nearly one 

 half longer than the third. Entire body a nearly uniform bronzy dark brown. 

 Halteres fuscous yellowish, lighter basally, coxae mostly dark brown, the legs 

 a variable straw color except for the dark brown of the anterior tarsi. Claws 

 moderately long, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli as long as the claws. Geni- 

 talia ; basal clasp segment moderately long, stout, terminal clasp segment with 

 a length over twice its diameter, distinctly dentate apically, dorsal plate broadly 

 and slightly emarginate, ventral plate divided, the lobes broadly and irregularly 

 rounded. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the second abdominal seg- 

 ment, sparsely haired, dark brown, 14 sessile segments, the 5th with a length 

 twice its diameter, the terminal segment somewhat produced, with a length 

 fully 2J/2 times its diameter, the distal third tapering strongly. Mesonotum 

 sparsely haired, purplish dark brown. Scutellum yellowish brown, postscu- 

 tellum dark purplish brown, abdomen dark brown, with a yellowish cast. Hal- 

 teres fuscous yellowish, coxae dark brown, legs mostly dark straw. Ovipositor 

 moderately long, stout, the triarticulate terminal lobes attached to a quadrate 

 basal portion, apparently the terminal segment of the ovipositor. Basal seg- 

 ment of the terminal lobe subquadrate, with a length % its diameter, the second 

 irregularly oval with a length Yi greater than its diameter, the third narrowly 

 oval and with a length nearly three times its diameter. Type Cecid. 1797, 1798. 



The midges described above were reared by H. B. Weiss, 

 March 31, from a fungus, Lcnzitcs sccpiaria, collected at Plainfield, 

 N. J., and submitted for identification by Professor C. W. Johnson 

 of Boston, Mass. The male is closely related to IV. ntbida Felt, 

 though this species is distinctly larger, stouter and more heavily 

 chitinized. and presents some differences in antennal and genitalic 

 structures in particular. 



