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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



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Winnertzia calciequina Felt 



Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 161 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 421 



Described from, insects taken on pine, probably P i n u s 

 strobus, at Albany, N. Y., July 24, 1906. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae a little shorter than the body, 

 thickly haired, dark brown, yellowish basally; 14 segments, the 

 fifth with a stem three-fourths the length of the subcylindric basal 

 enlargement, which latter has a length twice its diameter; terminal 

 segment somewhat reduced, narrowly rounded apically. Palpi; 

 the first segment short, subquadrate, the second greatly produced, 

 slightly swollen distally, perhaps composed of two fused, the third 

 about one-half the length of the preceding, more slender than the 

 distal portion, the fourth one-half longer than the third, slightly 

 more dilated. Face greenish yellow. Mesonotum dark brov/n, 

 sparsely clothed with fine, silvery hairs; scuteUum and postscuteUum 

 dark brown. Abdomen yellowish green basally, the apical segments 

 light brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark brown. Halteres whitish 

 transparent. Coxae, femora and tibiae mostly pale yellowish, tarsi 

 nearly uniform fuscous ; claws stout and strongly curved ; the ptilvilli 

 very short. Genitalia; basal clasp segment very stout, broad, 

 obliquely truncate; terminal clasp segment short, stout, broadly 

 rounded and with a conspicuous, slender spine. Dorsal plate long, 

 broad, sHghtly emarginate. Ventral plate long, broad, broadly 

 rounded; style rather long, stout, broadly rounded. 



Fig. 5 Winnertzia calciequina; female palpus, enlarged (original) 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the second 

 abdominal segment, sparsely haired, dark brown; 14 segments, the 



