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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Johnsonomyia rubra Felt 

 I9c8 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 417 



This interesting form and type of the genus was taken at Alont- 

 peher, Yt, June 26, 1906 by Prof. C. W. Johnson. 



Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae as long as the body, thickly long 

 haired, dark brown; 16 segments, the fifth with a stem one-half 

 longer than the,subcylindric basal enlargement, which latter has a 



length twice its diameter, a subbasal 

 whorl of short, stout, slightly curved 

 setae, near the basal third a thick 

 whorl of closely set, long, strongly 

 curved setae arising from conspicuous 

 tubercles ; subapically there is a scat- 

 tering whorl of similar long setae; 

 terminal segment with the basal por- 

 tion slightly produced, the stem much 

 reduced, rudimentary. Palpi ; the first 

 segment short, stout, subquadrate, the 

 second fully twice the length of the 

 first, expanding distally, the third a 

 little stouter, about as long as the sec- 

 ond, the fourth shorter and more 

 slender than the third, the fifth nearly 

 twice the length of the fourth, all 

 sparsely clothed with coarse setae ; 

 face fuscous yellowish, eyes rather 

 large, black. Mesonotum dark red- 

 dish brown. Scutellum fuscous yel- 

 lowish, postscutellum a little darker. 

 Abdomen rather thickly clothed with 

 yellowish hairs, reddish brown. Geni- 

 talia fuscous yellowish. Wings hy^fline, costa reddish brown. 

 Halteres yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Legs a fuscous yel- 

 lowish, the distal three tarsal segments yellowish white ; claws 

 probably simple. Genitalia ; basal clasp segment short, stout, 

 slightly rounded externally, somewhat excavated internally, nearly 

 truncate distally ; terminal clasp segment very short, stout, greatly 

 swollen basally and tapering distally to a conspicuous, prolonged, 

 denticulate,, chitinous process. (See plate 11, figure 6.) Tvpe Cecid. 

 826. 



Johnsonomyia fusca Felt 



1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 417 



This species was taken at Albany, N. Y., August 9, 1907. 



Male. Length 4 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 sparsely haired, fuscous yellowish; 16 segments, the fifth with a 

 stem as long as the suboval basal enlargement, which latter has a 

 length about twice its diameter, with a conspicuous whorl of long, 



Fig. 66 Fifth antennal seg- 

 ment of Johnsonomyia 

 r u b r a , enlarged. (Original) 



