148 SIMULIDiE. 



cinereo-tomentosa, tliorace maculis duabus anticis albis. Long. 1^-1 f ; 

 alar. 3^ lin. 



Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins blackish, the rest 

 white. Halteres luteous. TibiaB and hind tarsi white towards the base. 

 Male. Deep black. Head white -in front. Thorax, with slightly gilded 

 tomentum ; sides white ; an interrupted white band in front. Fem. 

 Black, with cinereous tomentum. Thorax with a large white spot on 

 each side in front. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. elegans, Meig. Zw. i. 226. 9 (1818). Alls limpidis, venis albis 

 apud costam nigricantibus, halteribus luteis, genubus albidis, tibiis 

 anticis albis apice nigris ; Mas, atra, thoracis fascia antice interrupta, 

 macula dorsali lateribuscpie albis, abdominis lateribus albo-trimaculatis ; 

 Foem. nigra, cinereo-tomentosa. Long. l-|-li; alar. 3 lin. 



Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins blackish, the rest 

 white. Halteres luteous. Knees whitish ; fore tibife white, black 

 towards the tips. Male. Deep black. Thorax with an interrupted 

 white band in front and with a white dorsal spot ; sides white. Abdo- 

 men with three white spots on each side. Fem. Black, with grey 

 tomentum. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. margmata, Meg. ; Meig. Zw. i. 293. 6 (1818). Alls limpidis, 

 venis albis apud costam nigris ; Mas, atra, thorace antice et inter alas 

 ferrugineo-cinereo, halteribus piceis, abdomine basi subtusque ferrugi- 

 neo-cinereo, femoribus tibiisque cinereis ; Fami. nigra, corpore femoribus 

 tidiisfjiie cinereo-iov/eiitosis,]ii\]teYihi\sh\\\is. Long, l-i—l^; alar. 3| lin. 



Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins black, the other veins 

 white. Male. Deep black. Thorax with ferruginous-cinereous tomen- 

 tum in front and between the wings. Halteres piceous. Abdomen 

 with ferruginous-cinereous tomentum at the base and beneath. Femora 

 and tibiae with cinereous tomentum. Fem. Black. Body, femora, and 

 tibice ivith cinereous tomentum. Halteres tawny. 



Not rare. (E.) 



4. lineata, Meig. Kl. Zw. i. 95. 2 (1804). Foem. nigra, subcine- 

 reo-tomentosa, thorace viftis quatuor canis, alls limpidis apud costam 

 fulvis, halteribus albidis. Long. \\; alar. 3 lin. 



Fem. Black, with grey tomentum. Thorax toith four hoary stripes. 

 Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins tawny, the other veins 

 white. Halteres whitish. 



Not common. (E.) 



5. fuscipes, Zett. Eries, Monogr. Simnl. 18. 6 (1829?); Meig. Zw. 

 vi. 314. 12 (1830); Zett. — var. puhlventrls, Zett. 1. L. Fwm. nigra, 

 cano-tovientosa, alls limpidis, venis albidis, apud costam nigris, halteri- 

 bus albidis. Long. 1^; alar. 3J- lin. 



Fem. Body and legs black, with hoary lumeiUnm. Wings limpid; 



