CHIRONOMUS. 175 



Irihusv'Kjrh, alls subcinereis, veiiis albidis anuci costam t'uscis, lialteribus 

 testaceis, ahdomhie ferrufjineo, pedibus fulvis, tibiis posterioribus f(3ino- 

 ribus et tarsorum posterionim articulis apiee, iiecuon tibiis tarsisquc 

 anticis totis nigvis ; J/c/.s, abdomiiie vitta dorsali nigra. Long. 2^-3 ; 

 alar. 4-5 lin. 



Black, shining. Thorax ferruginous, with three black stripes. Wings 

 sliglitly greyish ; costal, radial, and cubital veins brown, the rest whitish, 

 llalteres testaceous. Ahdonien ferruginous. Legs tawjiy ; fore tibiae, 

 fore tarsi, tips of the femora, of the posterior tibia^, and of the joints 

 of the posterior tarsi, black. Male. Antenn.ne with blackish plumes. 

 Abdomen tvith a black dorsal stripe. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



98. albipennis, Meig. Zw. ^d. 248. 87 (1830); Stajg. ; Ros. ; 

 Zett. Fceni. piceus, thorace testaceo vittis tribus latls piceis, alis lim- 

 ])idis, venis albidis apud costam testaceis, halteribus testaceis, pedibus 

 testaceis, tibiis tarsisquc apice fuscesceutibus. Long. 3^ ; alar. 6 lin. 



Tern. Piceous. Thorax testaceous, tvith three broad piceous stripes, 

 which are almost confluent. Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital 

 veins, and discal transverse veinlet, pale testaceous, the other veins 

 whitish. Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous, long, slender ; tips of 

 the tibia3 and of the tarsi brownish. 



Not common. (E.) 



99. stramineipes ? Zett. I. L. 810. 4 (1840). Fcem. var.? tes- 

 taceus, thorace vittis tribus nigris, alis albo-limpidis, venis halteribusqiic 

 albidis, abdomine fusco-testaceo, segmentorum marginibus posticis albidis, 

 pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice fuscis. 

 Long. 3 ; alar. 6 liu. 



Fem. Var. ? Testaceous. Thorax rcitk three black stripes. Wings 

 limpid-white ; veins and halteres whitish. Abdomen broionish-testa- 

 ceous ; hind borders of tlte segments whitish. Legs testaceous ; tips of 

 the femora, of the tibias, and of the joints of the tarsi, brown. 



Rare. In Mr. Saunders^ collection. (E.) 



100. incoactus, n. Mas, testaceus, thorace vittis tribus nigris, alis 

 siiblimpidis, venis halteribusque albidis, his apud costam testaceis, pe- 

 dibus pallide testaceis, tibiis tarsisquc apice obscurioribus. Long. 2 ; 

 alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Bark testaceous. Thorax with three black stripes. ]\Ietathorax 

 blackish. Wrings almost limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins, and 

 discal transverse veinlet, testaceous, the other veins whitish. Halteres 

 whitish. Legs pale testaceous ; tips of the tibioe and of the tarsi 

 darker. Male. Antemies with brown plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



101. conversus, n. Mas et Fcem. pallide testaceus, thorace vittis 

 tribus fuscis, alis limpidis, venis halteribusque albidis, his apud costam 



