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decaying wood, from tufts of moss and also from a mold cover- 

 ing a fungus. It is very probable that our American species live 

 under similar conditions, particularly as they are most numerous 

 in the vicinity of forests or where there is an abundance of decay- 

 ing vegetable matter. The generic type is J. aurantiaca 

 Kieff. 



Key to species 

 a 11 antennal segments, females 



b Abdomen dark brown, unicolorous, palpi triarticulate 



flavopedalis Felt, C. 687 

 bb Abdomen dark reddish brown, fuscous distally, palpi quadriarticu- 



late carolinae Felt, C. ai6i9 



oa 14 antennal segments, males 



b Terminal clasp segment slender, tapering to an acute point 

 c Legs thickly haired 



d Postscutellum reddish brown 



e Terminal antennal segment reduced, oval 



photophila Felt, C. 747, 748, 7S3, 47 2 



ee Terminal antennal segment produced, with a knob apically . . . 



pennsylvanica Felt, Cecid. ai928 



dd Postscutellum fuscous yellowish f la vo scuta Felt, C. 653 



cc Legs sparsely haired carolinae Felt, C. ai6io 



bb Terminal clasp segment stout, broadly rounded apically 



c Mesonotum dark brown, scutellum and abdomen a little lighter.... 



neomexicana n. sp., C. 891 



Joannisia flavopedalis Felt 

 1908 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 313 



This female was taken at Newport, N. Y., July 25, 1906. 



Female. Length .5 mm. Antennae probably nearly as long as 

 the body, sparsely haired, dark brown, 11 segments; fifth subglo- 

 bose; terminal segment with the basal portion slightly produced, 

 narrowly oval. Palpi ; the first segment somewhat enlarged, sub- 

 globose, the second rather slender, one-half longer, the third some- 

 what irregular, nearly twice the length of the second. Eyes rather 

 small, black ; ocelli present. Head, thorax and abdomen apparently 

 a nearly uniform dark brown, ovipositor pale yellowish. Wings 

 hyaline, costa dark brown, subcosta joining the margin just before 

 the basal half. Legs pale yellowish, the articulations variably 

 tinged with dark carmine ; distal tarsal segments reddish brown ; 

 metatarsus a little longer than the following segment; claws very 

 long, slender, strongly curved, simple ; pulvilli nearly as long. Ovi- 

 positor short, the terminal lobes triarticulate, the basal subquadrate, 

 the second a little longer, dilated distally, the third narrowly oval, 

 all sparsely setose ; minor lobe long, slender, narrowly rounded. 

 Type Cecid. 687. 



