CHIRONOMUS. 157 



testaceis, pedibus obscure testaceis pubescentibus, feraoribus fuscesceu- 

 tibus. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male. Black. TF'mc/s slujlitly greyish ; veins and luilteres testaceous. 

 Legs dull testaceous, pubescent; femora brownish. 



Not rare. (E.) 



15. flavimanus? Meig. Zw. vi. 24G. 80 (1830).— Var.? Fcem. 

 uigro-cinereus, ulis suhcinereis, venis testaceis apud costam fiiscis, halte- 

 ribus testaceis, pedibus obscure testaceis, tibiis tarsisque anticis femo- 

 ribusque posterioribus uigricantibus. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Fem. Greyish-black. WUujs slujldly greyish; costal, 7'adial, and 

 cubital veins and discal transverse veinlet brown, the rest testaceous. 

 Halteres testaceous.. Legs dark testaceous, rather stout; femora, fore 

 tibiae, and fore tarsi blackish ; fore femora testaceous, blackish towards 

 the tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



16. aprilinus? Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. vi. 245. 78 (1830). Mas et 

 Foem. cano-viridis, thoracc vittis tribus nigris, alis limpidis, venis albi- 

 dis apud costam fuscis, halteribus albis, abdominis segmentorum margi- 

 nibus posticis canis, pedibus testaceis, femoribus, tibiis et tarsorum arti- 

 culis apice fuscis. Long. 21; alar. 4-|- lin. 



Green, with a hoary tinge. Thorax with three black stripes, the 

 middle one double. Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins 

 and discal transverse veinlet brown, the rest whitish. Halteres white. 

 Abdomen black, ivith a hoary band oh the hind border of each segment. 

 Legs testaceous ; tips of the femora, of the tibi;c, and of the joints of 

 the tarsi brown. Male. Antennse with brown plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



17. flabellatus, Meig. Zw. i. 51. 70 (1818). Foem. nigro-fuscus, 

 thoracc testaceo, vittis tribus latis nigris, alis suhcinereis, venis testaceis 

 apud costam fuscescentibus, halteribus albis, pedibus obscm^e testaceis. 

 Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Fem. Brownish-black. Thorax testaceous, with three broad black 

 stripes. Wings greyish ; costal, radial, and cubital veins brownish, the 

 rest testaceous. Halteres wliite. Legs dark testaceous. Male. An- 

 tennfe with brown plumes. 



Not rare. (E.) 



18. objectans, n. Mas, viridis, thorace vittis tribns fuscis, alis 

 Umpidis, venis albidis apud costam testaceis, halteribus albis, pedibus 

 testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 2\; alar. 

 31 lin. 



Male. Green. Thorax with three brown stripes. Wings limpid ; cos- 

 tal, radial, and cubital veins testaceous, the rest whitish. Halteres white. 

 Legs testaceous ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown. 

 Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



