Family 3. CHIRONOMID/C. .VidffCS. Like the mosquito, with smooth wings. The feelers in the 

 males are extremely feathery. They appear early in the Spring, before the snow melts. Some kinds bite like 

 mosquitoes. 



CHIRONOMUS. Feather midge. 



1 . Ch. cristattis. 3/% in. ; yellowish, with three ash gray stripes ; body with brown bands ; legs- 



yellowish. 



2. C/i. glancurus. 3/& in.; whitish, chest part with three reddish stripes; body reddish with 



whitish bands and end ring with black dot. 



3. Ch. lobifcr. y% in. ; whitish, with three brown stripes on chest part ; body black with grayish 



bands ; wing with faint brown dot. 



4. Cli fcstiviis. l /^ in. ; greenish, with rust-yellow stripes ; body with black bands. 



5. CJi. lineola. 3 g in. ; greenish, chest part with one black, and two yellow lines in the middle. 



6. Ch. oceanicus. 3/% in. ; found on eelgrass and seaweeds. 



7. Ch. taiiiiotus. J^ in. ; bright green. 



8. Ch. modestus. ^V m- green, with yellow stripes ; wing white with front veins and point brown ; joints of 



feet brown. 



Family 4. DIXID/E. Wood Midges. Mosquito-like, but differs in venation of wings. Is found in shady 



swamps on skunk cabbage. 



DIXA. Wood midge. 



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