REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IQI2 157 
decaying wood, from tufts of moss and also from a mold cover- 
ing a fungus. It is very probable that our American species live 
under similar conditions, particularly as they are most numerous 
in the vicinity of forests or where there is an abundance of decay- 
img vegetable matter. The generic type is J. aurantiaca 
Kieff. 
Key to species 
a II antennal segments, females ; 
b Abdomen dark brown, unicolorous, palpi triarticulate............... 
flavopedalis Felt, C. 687 
bb Abdomen dark reddish brown, fuscous distally, palpi quadriarticu- 
FAL CH Pe Aerob lcPsistoia Ssaccin ine oe meee carolinae Felt, C. a1619 
aa 14 antennal segments, males 
b Terminal clasp segment slender, tapering to an acute point 
c Legs thickly haired 
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e Terminal antennal segment reduced, oval........... Pee bid cd 
photophila Felt, C. 747, 748). 753, 47 
ee Terminal antennal segment produced, with a knob apically ... 
pennsylvanica Felt, Cecid. a1g28 
dd Postscutellum fuscous yellowish...... fla vio siciitas elt Gaose 
Cembecsusparsely haired... .%. 0.00 s0 cee: canto) lin ave! Felt Cyanone 
bb Terminal clasp segment stout, broadly rounded apically 
c Mesonotum dark brown, scutellum and abdomen a little lighter. ... 
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. Joannisia flavopedalis Felt 
1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bul. 124, p. 313 
This female was taken at Newport, N. Y., July 25, 19c6. 
Female. Length .5 mm. Antennae probably nearly as long as 
the body, sparsely haired, dark brown, 11 segments; fifth subglo- 
bose; terminal segment with the basal portion slightly produced, 
narrowly oval. Palpi; the first segment somewhat enlarged, sub- 
globose, the second rather slender, one-half longer, the third some- 
what irregular, nearly twice the length of the second. Eyes rather 
small, black; ocelli present. Head, thorax and abdomen apparently 
a nearly uniform dark brown, ovipositor pale yellowish. Wings 
hyaline, costa dark brown, subcosta joining the margin just before 
the basal half. Legs pale yellowish, the articulations variably 
tinged with dark carmine; distal tarsal segments reddish brown; 
metatarsus a little longer than the following segment; claws very 
long, slender, strongly curved, simple; pulvilli nearly as long. Ovi- 
positor short, the terminal lobes triarticulate, the basal subquadrate, 
the second a little longer, dilated distally, the third narrowly oval, 
all sparsely setose; minor lobe long, slender, narrowly rounded. 
Type Cecid. 687. 
