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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



This species was swept from high blackberry at Karner, N. Y., 

 July 24, 1906. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae extending to the fourth 

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

 third with a length six times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment 

 irregularly subquadrate, the second short, swollen basally, the third 

 a little longer, tapering distally, subquadrate, the fourth nearly 

 twice the length of the preceding, more slender. Mesonotum yel- 

 lowish brown, subm.edian lines ornamented with long, yellowish 

 setae. Scutellum reddish brown with sparse apical setae, post- 

 scutellum dark brown. Abdomen dark reddish with irregular dark 

 brown markings on the dorsum of the second, third and seventh 

 abdominal segments. Ovipositor yellowish orange. Wings sub- 

 hyaline, unspotted, costa thickly clothed with dark brown hairs; 

 halteres yellowish basally, the base of club fuscous, tip whitish trans- 

 parent. Coxae mostly fuscous, anterior and mid femora mostly 

 black, narrowly ringed with pale yellowish, posterior femora with 

 basal half pale yellowish, distal half fuscous ; tibiae black with articu- 

 lations yellowish or tinged with carmine, fore and mid tarsi black, 



a b 



Fig. 4 Schizomyia rubi. a, lateral aspect of the distal portion of the 

 last tarsal segment and claw; b, ventral plate of female, enlarged (original) 



the segments narrowly ringed basally with yellowish or yellowish 

 white, posterior tarsi mostly yellowish with sparse, irregular, fuscous 

 markings on the middle of the second segment, distal segments dark 

 brown or fuscous; claws long, rather stout, evenly curved. Ovi- 

 positor very slender (fig. 2), nearly twice the length of the body. 

 Type_Cecid. 685. 



Schizomyia macrofila Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. New Species of Cecidomyiidae II, p. 16 (Asphondylia) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:297, 379 



This species was reared May 4, 1887 from galls on Amsinckia 

 lycopsoides collected by Mr A. Koebele April 8th at Los 

 Angeles and Alam.eda, Cal. The gall was also taken in California 

 and adults reared by the late D. W. Coquillett. 



