REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I915 



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Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 thickly short haired, reddish brown; 14 segments, the fifth cylindric, 

 with a length about five times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment 

 short, stout, irregularly quadrate, the second with a length about 

 three times its diameter, .the third one-fourth longer than the second, 

 more slender, the fourth three-fourths longer than the third; face 

 yellowish. Mesonotum light brown, the submedian lines thickly 

 clothed with fulvous hairs. Scutellum fuscous yellowish, post- 

 scutellum a little darker. Abdomen dark reddish brown, the seg- 

 ments rather thickly margined posteriorly with fulvous setae; venter 

 thickly clothed with setae, the apical segments darker. Wings 

 hyaline, costa light brown; halteres yellowish, fuscous subapically. 

 Coxae, femora and tibiae mostly dark brown, the posterior legs with 

 the basal two-thirds of the femora light fuscous yellowish and with 

 the first tarsal segment, the base and the distal half of the second 

 and the third mostly fuscous yellowish; claws long, slender, evenly 

 curved, the pul villi about one-third the length of the claws. Ovi- 

 positor about as long as the body. Type Cecid. ai786a. 



Schizomyia altifila Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 110:119 (separate, p. 23 [Asphon- 

 dylia]) 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124:378 



This species was taken at Lake Clear, N. Y., 



June 7, 1906, sweeping blueberry, Vaccinium 



bushes in the vicinity of woods. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae as long 

 as the body, thickly fine white haired, dark 

 brown; 14 segments, the third with a length 

 four times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment 

 short, subquadrate, the second as long as the 

 first, much broader, the third twice the length 

 of the second, more slender, the fourth one-half 

 longer than the third. Mesonotum very dark 

 brown, submedian lines paler with sparse setae. 

 Scutellum and postscutellum reddish brown. 

 Abdomen dark reddish brown, thickly yellow 

 haired laterally. Wings hyaline, costa dark 

 reddish brown. Halteres reddish transparent 

 basally, yellowish white apically. Legs dark 

 straw color, the tarsi slightly darker; claws Fig. 3 Schizomyia 

 stout, uniformly curved. Genitalia; dorsal plate altifila. Sixth 

 broad, the sides parallel, broadly and triang- antennal segment of 

 ularly emarginate ; ventral plate narrow, broadly male, enlarged 

 and roundly emarginate. Type Cecid. 177. (original) 



Schizomyia rubi Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 110:119-20 (separate, p. 23 [Asphon- 

 dylia]) 



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



