200 CHIRONOMIDif;. 



tarsi, brown ; fore tibiae longer than the fore metatarsi by one-half. . 

 Male. Antennae with black plumes. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. choreus, Meig. Klass. Zw. i. 33. 6 (1804); Mcq.; Stseg.; Zett. 

 — -fasciatns, Meig. — syhaticns, Meig. Mas et Fcem. canus, thorace vittis 

 quatuor fuscis, alls striga apiid vemilam transversam nigra, fascia lata 

 ante apicali cinerea, halteribus albidis, abdomine fusco, pedibiis testa- 

 ceis, tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice fuscis ; Mas, abdominis segmentis 

 albido-marginatis. Long. 1-|— 2 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Male and Fern. Hoary. Thorax with four hrown stripes. Wings 

 clouded tvith grey, nearly limpid along the costa toioards the base and at 

 the tips ; discal transverse veinlet clouded toith black. Halteres whitish. 

 Abdomen brown. Legs dull, testaceous ; tips of the tibife and of the 

 joints of the tarsi brown ; fore tibise longer than the fore metatarsi by 

 one-half. Male. Antenna3 with black plumes. Hind borders of the 

 abdominal segments whitish. 



Generally distributed. Observed by Mr. Saunders in immense 

 clouds on Wandsworth Common in the beginning of Septeraberj 

 1843. (E.S.I.) 



4. punctatus, F. S. A. 43. 24 (1805); Meig.; Stfeg. ; Rs. ; Zett. 

 — nebulosus, Meig. Klass. Mas et Foem. albido-testaceus, thorace vittis 

 trihus et metathorace cinereis, scutello alio, alis albidis, fasciis tribus 

 incompletis fuscis, halteribus albis, abdomine pedibusque albidis, illius 

 segmentis fusco-fasciatis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Male and Fern. Whitish-testaceous. Thorax loith three grey stripes, 

 the middle one double, abbreviated hindward ; scutellum white ; metathorax 

 grey. Wings whitish, with three irregular, incomplete, indistinct, and 

 very pale brown bands ; transverse veinlet clouded with darker brown ; 

 veins pale. Halteres white. Abdomen whitish, pilose, with a slight 

 brown band on each segment. Legs whitish, long, and slender; fore 

 tibia? longer than the fore metatarsi by one-fourth ; fore tarsi pilose. 

 Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Not rare. (E.) 



5. punctipennis, Meig. Zw. i. 61. 9 (1818) ; Fries ; Mcq. ; Gim. ; 

 Stfeg. ; Zett. — cinctus, Panz. ; Latr. ; Meig. Klass. Mas et Foem. cine- 

 reus, thorace vittis quatuor albidis trihusque fuscescentibns, alis albidis, 

 gutlis plurimis cinereis strigaque media nigricante, vcnis, halteribus pe- 

 dibusque albis, femorum fascia subapicali, tibiis et tarsorum articulis 

 apice nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Male and Fern. Grey. Thorax with four lohitish and three brownish 

 stripes. Wings whitish, with numerous grey dots, and with a blackish 

 mark by the middle of the costa ; veins, halteres, and legs white ; fe- 

 mora with a black subapical band ; tibiic and joints of the tarsi with 

 black tips. Male. Antennae with brown phunes. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. L) 



