320 CIIIRONOMID.E. 



spots. Halteres tvhite. Ahdomen blackisli-broicn, clotlied with greyisli 

 bairs, which are longer than those of the thorax. Legs pale brown ; 

 femora and t'Mce with a white ring near the knees, which are black ; tibia 

 sometimes with dark tips ; tarsi whitish. Male. Plumes of the anteunaB 

 brown, glistening-white towards the tips. Second joint of the tarsi 

 slender. Fem. Second joint of the tarsi stout, almost oval. Antennae 

 brownish, darker towards the tips ; joints from the first to the eighth 

 oval, the five last long, elliptical. Wings pubescent, darker than those 

 of the male ; veins distinct, blackish-brown towards the costa. 

 Rare. (E.) 



33. arcuatus, Winn. ! Linn. Ent. vi. 39. 33. pi. 5. f. 33 (1853). 



Mas et Fcem. jiavo-cinereiis, palpis fusco-flavis, scutello flavo aut Jlavo- 

 rnarginato, alis cinereis maculis nonnidlis magnis timpidis parvisque fuscis, 

 halteribiis albis, abdomine obscure fasco, pedibus pallidis, genubus tibiisque 

 apice yngro-pmictatis ; Mas, antennarum plumis auratis ; Fcem. antennis 

 albidis apice fiiscescentibus. Long, f-f ; alar. 1|^ liu. 



Male and Fern. Yellowish-cinereous. Falpi browtiish-gellow. Scutellum 

 yelloic, or icith a yelloic border. Wings grey, pubescent, limpid at the 

 base, and adorned with some large limpid spots and toith a few small 

 bi'oivii. spots. Halteres white. Abdomen dark brown, sometimes yelloioish 

 at the base and beneath in the living insect. Legs pale, with little black 

 dots on the knees and on the tips of the tibia. Male. Plumes of the 

 antennte gilded-brown. Fem. Antennae whitish, pale brown towards 

 the tips, clothed with whitish hairs ; joints from the first to the eighth 

 oval, from the ninth to the thirteenth elongate-elliptical. Wings much 

 darker than those of the male. 



Not common. (E.) 



34. pulicaris, Linn. F. S. 1893 (1767); F. ; Gmel. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq. ; Dahlb. ; Sta-g. ; Zett. ; Es. ; Winn. ! Linn. Ent. vi. pi. 5. f. 34. 

 — punctata, Latr. ; Panz. Mas et Fcem. cinereus, palpis fuscis, thorace 

 vittis duabiis lateralibus obscure fuscis, alis albis fusco-guttatis, halteribus 

 albis, abdomine 7iigro-fusco, sutiiris scepissime albidis, pedibus pallide fuscis, 

 tibiis posticis basi albidis, tarsorum articidis apice obscuris ; Mas, anten- 

 narum plumis flavido-fuscis auratis; Foeni. antennis fuscescentibus. Long. 

 -|-1 ; alar. 1^-3 lin. 



Grey. Palpi brotcn ; first joint slender. Thorax toitli a dark brown 

 stripe on each side in front of the wings. Pectus and scutellum brown. 

 Wings white, with brown dots, of which three along the costa are larger 

 and darker than the others. Ilalteres white. Abdomen blackish-brown ; 

 sutures of the segments generally whitish. Legs pale brown ; hind tibia 

 whitish at the base ; tarsi paler, their joints toith dark tips. Male. Plumes 

 of the antennaj yellowish-brown, gilded. Fem. AntenniB brownish ; 

 joints from the first to the eighth oval, from the ninth to the thirteenth 

 elongate-elliptical. 



Generally distributed. Very abundant and annoying in marshy 

 places. (E. S. I.) 



