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ccc Abdomen yellowish brown ; scutellum fuscous yellowish ; legs yel- 

 lowish brown; bred from fruitlike enlargement of prickly pear 



arizonensis Felt, C. 857 



SCHIZOMYIA Kieft. 



Antennae consisting of 14 cylindric, sessile or subsessile seg- 

 ments, those of the male slightly shortened 

 distally and each with remarkably stout, ele- 

 vated, strongly convolute circumfili. Palpi 

 with four segments. The basal clasp segment 

 of the male genitalia projects well beyond the 

 insertion of the terminal clasp segment, which 

 latter bears apically a more or less distinct 

 chitinous tooth. Female with the segments 

 aistally greatly shortened as in Asphondylia, 

 the circumfili nearly the same as in Asphon- 

 dylia. Ovipositor with a distinct fleshy basal 

 portion, tapering distally and bearing the char- 

 acteristic aciculate organ of AsphondyHa ; the 

 dorsal basal pouch absent, the ventral sclerite 

 of the seventh seg"ment more or less strongly 

 chitinized and somewhat characteristic of this 



Fig. .^9 Schizomyia 

 al t i f i 1 a Felt, 6th an- 

 tenna! segment of male, 

 much enlarged. (Orig- 

 inal) 



srenus. 



Fig. 40 Schizomyia rubi Felt, side view of 1 abdomen, showing the long oviposito 

 and characteristic ventral plate, enlarged. (Original) 



Key to species 



a Abdomen dark brown 



h Wings rather large, narrow 



c Scutellum reddish, 5th antennal segment with a length four times 

 its diameter, the 4th palpal segment ^ longer than the 3d, 

 female; taken on viburnum blossoms, .v ib u r n i n. sp., C. 1212 

 cc Scutellum fuscous yellowish, 5th antennal segment with a length 

 six times its diameter, the 4th palpal segment twice the length 

 of the 3d, female; bred from long, conic leaf gall on hickory.. 



c a r y a e c o 1 a n. sp., C. a t 786a 

 aci Abdomen reddish brown 



h Wings small, narrow ; on blueberry 



(Asphondylia) a 1 t i f i 1 a Felt, C. 177 



