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Psyche 
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Coxae elongate, not especially robust as in Pnyxia scabiei. 
Tibial spurs present. Prothoracic tibia slightly shorter 
than tarsus. Basitarsus about 0.33 length of the tibia. 
Abdomen pale brown. Ovipositor prominent. 
Described from 35 specimens from Mt. Higby Reservoir, 
Hartford County; Middlefield; and Cathedral Pines, Litch- 
field County, Connecticut, January — August 1951. Male 
and female holotypes and 2 paratypes in my collection, 
the remainder in collection at Yale University. 
I take pleasure in naming this species for Dr. 0. A. 
Johannsen, an outstanding American dipterist. 
Zelmira williami n. sp. 
Male, Length 6 mm. General color brown. 
Head. Dark brown. Antennae short, about subequal to 
length of the thorax. Ocelli 3. prominent. Maxillary palpi 
3-segmented, first segment darker than the other segments. 
Thorax. Dark brown. Postnotum with bristles. Pleurites 
are bare. Wings yellowish with a terminal dark band. Costa 
terminates at tip of R 4 + ;-,. Sci ends before origin of Rs. 
Sc 2 present, about 1/2 way between humeral crossvein and 
tip of Sc,. R.{ almost perpendicular to ends about 
0.33 the distance from tip of R 14-2 to tip of R4+5. A brown 
band covers the terminal sixth of the wing. Fused portion 
of M subequal to the petiole of M. Two distinct anal veins. 
Legs yellow. The tarsi appear darker due to the presence 
of numerous black setulae. Prothoracic basitarsus about 
0.9 the length of the tibia. Tibial spurs brown. Some of 
setae on meso- and metathoracic tibiae are arranged in 
lines. Halteres brown, the knobs a little darker. 
Abdomen dark brown. Apices of segments 2-4 with yellow 
bands. Remainder of segments including the hypopygium 
dark brown. Clasper, figure 3, of the “genualis” type but 
lacks the long mesal spur. In Fisher’s manuscript key this 
species would run to Zelmira genitalis Joh. It can be 
distinguished from this species by the shape of the claspers 
and the shape of the tergum. 
Described from 1 male collected in a soil sample from a 
virgin White Pine and Hemlock stand in Cathedral Pines, 
