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C. W. Johnson.
A New Species of the Genus Gaurax.
Psyche 32(1):47, 1925.

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A New Species of the Genus Gaurax
A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS GAURAX.
Boston Society of Natural History.
Gaurax dorri sp. nov.
Upper part of front, vertex, and occiput dull black, with short black hairs, lower part of front and orbits yellow, face whitish, oral margin above black, cheeks with a narrow black line which extends as a faint brownish line to the base of the antennae, the latter yellow, the margin of the third joint and arista dark brown. Thorax and pleura black, shining, with two small yellow spots near the base of the scutellum, the latter yellow, the disc slightly darkened. Abdomen black, shining, the middle of the first segment and venter yellow, in the female the first segment is entirely yellow. Front cox% black, middle and hind cox* yellow, femora black, with bases and apices yellow, front and middle tibiae and tarsi yellow, posterior tibiae black, first and second joints of the posterior tarsi yellow, the others black. Halteres yellow. Wings hyaline. Length 2 mm. Holotype and allotype, Great Pond, Mt. Desert, Maine, June 27, 1922 (C. W. Johnson). In the collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. The species is dedicated to Mr. George B. Dorr, Director of the Lafayette National Park, who has greatly aided in the work on the insect fauna of Mt. Desert.



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