BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 239 



227. Chironomus januarius, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0*040 inch ... 1*01 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0*110x0*027 ... 2*79x0 68 



Size of body..., 0*140x0020 ... 3*55x0*50 



Antennse pale brown ; first joint of scapus reddish-brown. 

 Head brown. Clypeus and palpi light reddish-brown. Thorax 

 greenish-yellow or pale ochreous, with three somewhat indistinct 

 light brown bands, the anterior one united to the scutellum by a 

 light brown line ; a longitudinal row of yellow hairs between the 

 bands and on anterior portion of the intermediate one ; pleurse 

 and pectus pale ochreous-brown; scutellum sordid ochreous-yellow, 

 fringed with long yellow hairs ; metanotum purplish-brown. Hal- 

 teres pale green. Abdomen rather more than thrice the length of 

 thorax, umbrous-brown, sub-levigate, rather densely clothed with 

 moderately long yellow hairs. Legs yellow, the tibia terminating 

 in deep brown or black spines, the tarsi except metatarsal joint of 

 fore legs light brown, dark brown at the extreme apices of the 

 joints. In fore legs metatarsus twice the length of tibia. Win^^s 

 rather shorter than abdomen, hyaline ; costal, first and third 

 longitudinal, and basal half of the fourth longitudinal vein, 

 brownish-yellow. Costal and third longitudinal vein meeting a 

 short distance before apex of wing ; auxiliary vein joining costa 

 before middle of posterior branch of fifth longitudinal fork; second 

 longitudinal vein joining costa a little beyond tip of first longi- 

 tudinal vein ; fourth longitudinal vein pale almost reachino- the 

 wing margin, its tip situated nearer to tip of costa than to that 

 of anterior branch of fifth longitudinal fork ; base of latter lying 

 opposite middle cross- vein, its posterior branch a little more than 

 half the length of anterior. 



Hah. — Wheeney Creek, N.S.W. (Skuse). January. 



228. Chironomus delinificus, sp.n. (PI. xi., fig. 2). 



(J. — Length of antennae.. 0*037 inch ... 0*92 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0*085x0020... 2*14x0*50 



Sizeof body 0*120x0*017 ... 3*04x0*42 



