CHIRONOMUS. 155 



noununquam testaceo, alis. limpidis, ve?ns pedibusque palUde testaceis, 

 tibiis apice femoribusque paullo obscurioribus. Long. 1-^lf ; alar. 2^—3 

 lin. 



3Iale and Fem. Green. Thorax with three black stripes. TFirifjs 

 limpid; veins pale testaceous. Legs pale testaceous; femora and tips 

 of the tibiae rather darker. — Var. ^. Thorax testaceous, with three black 

 stripes. Male. Antennae with brown plunies. 



Apparently allied to C. ^ra,??Ma^M^, Stseg. Common. (E.) 



4. viridulus, L.S.N, ii. 975 (1767); P.; Gmel. ; Meig.; Mcq.; 

 Zett. ; Gim. ; Staeg. Mas, \aridis, thorace vittis tribus nigricantibus, 

 ulis limpidis, venis aliidis apiid costam nigricantibus, halteribus albidis, 

 pedibus testaceis. Long. 1^; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Green. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with three black- 

 ish stripes. Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins blackish, 

 the rest ichitish. Halteres whitish. Abdomen pubescent. Legs testa- 

 ceous, the four posterior very pubescent. Male. Antennae with brown 

 plumes. 



Not rare. (E.) 



5. tenuis? Mcq. H. N. D. i. 52. 19 (1834); Meig. Mas, niger, 

 thorace cano-viridi vittis trihis latis nigro-cinereis, alis limpidis, venis 

 pedibusque testaceis, halteribus albidis, tibiis apice fuscis. Long. 1|-; 

 alar. 3 lin. 



Black. Thorax hoary green, with three broad greyish-black stripes. 

 Wings limpid ; veins testaceous. Halteres whitish. Legs testaceous; 

 tips of the tibiae brown. Male. Antennae with testaceous plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



6. ejuncidus, n. Mas, viridis, thorace vittis tribus testaceis, alis 

 albo-limpidis, venis albidis, halteribus albis, abdomine fasco valde pubes- 

 cente, segraentorum marginibus albis, pedibus albido-testaceis. Long. 

 1^ ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Green. Antennae with testaceous plumes. Thorax with three 

 testacous stripes. Wings limpid-white ; veins whitish. Halteres white. 

 Abdomen brown, very pubescent, with a white baud on the hind border 

 of each segment. Legs whitish-testaceous. 



Not common. (E.) 



7. brevitibialis ? Zett. Dipt. Scand. ix. 3537. 59 (1850). Mas, 

 jiavido -viridis, thorace vittis tribus testaceis, alis albo-limpidis, venis 



halteribusque albis, abdomine obscure viridi vix pubescente, pedibus pal- 

 lide viridibus, tarsis apice uigris. Long. If ; alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Yellowish -green. Palpi and antennae testaceous, the latter 

 with brown plumes. Thorax with three testaceous stripes. Wings lim- 

 pid-white ; veins and halteres white. Abdomen dark dull green, hardly 

 pubescent. Legs pale green ; tarsi black towards the tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



8. ruf ovittatus ? Stitg. Dipt. Dan. 570. 39 (1840); Zett. Mas, 



