REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I915 



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apically a more or less distinct chitinous tooth. Female with the 

 distal antcnnal segments greatly shortened as in Asphondylia, the 



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Fig. 2 Schizomyia rubi. Lateral view of body showing extended oviposi- 

 tor, enlarged (original) 



circumfili nearly the same as in this older genus. Ovipositor with a 

 distinct fleshy basal portion, tapering distally and bearing the 

 characteristic though somewhat modified aciculate organ of Asphon- 

 dylia. The dorsal pouch absent. The seventh abdominal segment 

 with a more or less strongly chitinized ventral sclerite characteristic 

 of this genus. Type S. galiorum KiefT. 



Several European species have been reared from, enlarged flower 

 buds of various plants. The West Indian S. ipomoeae Felt 

 was obtained in abundance from flower buds of Ipomoea 



Key to species 



a Abdomen dark brown 



b Wings rather large, narrow 



c Scutellum reddish, fifth antennal segment with a length four times its 



diameter, the fourth palpal segment one-half longer than the third, 



female; taken on viburnum blossoms. ...viburni Felt C. 1212 



cc Scutellum fuscous yellowish, fifth antennal segment with a length 



six times its diameter, the fourth palpal segment twice the length 



of the third, female caryaecola Felt C. ai 786a 



aa Abdomen reddish brown 

 b Antennae unicolorous 



c Wings small, narrow altifila Felt, C. 177 



cc Wings small, broad rubi Felt, C. 685 



ccc Wings large, rather broad. Reared from Amsinckia galls 



macrofila Felt, C. 855, 1001 

 bb Antennal segments annulate with yellowish basally. Reared from 



Ipomoea buds ipomoeae Felt, C. a2022 



aaa Abdomen yellowish or light brown 



b Wings large, tarsi unicolorous or nearly so 



c Fifth antennal segment with a length six times its diameter, the fourth 

 palpal segment with a length one-fourth greater than the third, 



female; reared from apical leaf bud gall on grape 



coryloides Walsh & Riley, C. 874 



cc Fifth antennal segment with a length five times its diameter, fourth 



palpal segment with a length three-fourths greater than the 



third, male; reared from hard, nutlike, polythalamous gall on 



grape pomum Walsh & Riley, ai434b 



