203 CHIRONOMID^. 



band a little beyond the middle ; the band is narrower towards the hind 

 border, and nearly interrupted in the disc ; veins, halteres, and legs 

 white. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



10. monilis, L. E. S. 1763 (1761); F. ; Gmel. ; Latr. ; Meig. ; 

 Fries; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Gim. ; Stseg. — maculatus, D. G; Latr. H. N. Cr. 

 et Ins. ; Meig. Klass. Mas et Fcem. cinereo-fuscus, thorace subvittato, 

 alis albidis, macuUs cinereis guttisque anticis nigricantibus, venis hal- 

 teribus pedibusque albis, his annulis novem nigris ; Mas, abdoraine 

 albido fasciis fuscis. Long, lf-3 ; alar. 3|-5 lin. 



Male and Fem. Greyish-brown. Thorax indistinctly striped. Wings 

 whitish, with several grey spots, and in front with some blackish dots ; 

 veins, halteres, and legs white. Legs slender; femora with a black 

 band near the tips ; tibiae with three black bands ; tarsi with a black 

 band at the tip of each joint ; metatarsi with a black middle band ; 

 fore tibia3 longer than the fore metatarsi by one-half. Male. Antennai 

 with brown plumes. Abdomen whitish, with a brown band on each 

 segment. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



11. plumipes? Fries, Mon. Tan. 9. 1 (1833); Meig.; Sta^g. ; 

 Zett. Foem. Piceus, robustus, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace sub- 

 cano vittis tribiis fuscis, alis subcinereis nudis, venis halteribus pedibus- 

 que testaceis, venula transversa nigro-nebulosa. Long. 2\ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Fem. Piceous, rather stout. Palpi and antennfe black. Thorax tcith 

 a hoary tinge, which is interrupted hy three brown stripes. Wings greyish, 

 bare ; veins testaceous ; transverse veinlet clouded with black. Hal- 

 teres pale testaceous. Legs testaceous, slightly pubescent, rather long 

 and slender ; fore tibiae longer by half than the fore metatarsi. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



13. notatus, Meig. Zw. i. 58. 4 (1818); Stajg. ; Zett. 3fas, ca- 

 nus, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribiis fuscis, alis subcine- 

 reis pubescentibus, venis pallidis, venula transversa nigro-nebulosa, 

 halteribus albis, abdomine albido fasciis nigricantibus, pedibus testaceis, 

 tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice nigricantibus. Long. 3^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male. Hoary. Palpi and antenna; black, the latter with brown 

 plumes. Thorax with three brown stripes. Wings slightly greyish, 

 pubescent ; veins pale ; discal transverse veinlet clouded with black. 

 Halteres white. Abdomen whitish, pubescent, with a blackish band on 

 the fore border of each segment. Legs testaceous, long, rather slender ; 

 tips of the tibia; and of the joints of the tarsi blackish ; fore tibiae a 

 little longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



13. melanops, Wicd. ; Meig. Zw. i. 65. 18 (1818); Mcq.; St^g.; 

 Es. ; Zett. D. Sc. — Arundlneti? Y,.; F.; Schr.; (jlmcl. — li/co/o/-, Fries ; 

 Meig. ; Zett. 1. L. Mas et Fcem. pallide testaceus, j)alpis, antennis, 

 halteribus pedibus(|uc albidis, thorace vittis tribus rufesccntibus, alis 



