Family 3. CHIRONOMID/E. Midges. Like the mosquito, with smooth wings. The feelers in the 

 males are extremely feathery. They appear early in the Spring, before the snow melts. Some kinds bite like 

 mosquitoes. 



CHIRONOMUS. Feather midge. 



yellowish. ^"5^^ -.■*^ 



I. C/i. cr/staiiis. .;b in. ; yellowish, with three ash gra\' stripes ; body with brown bands ; leg 



yellowish. 

 z. Cli. glaiiCHi-us. 3a ill- ; whitish, chest part with thrte reildish stripes; bod\' reddish wit,, 



whitish bands and end ring with black dot. I i 



3. Ch . lobifcr. 1/% in. ; whitish, witli three brown stripes on chest part ; body black with grayish 



baiuls ; wing with faint brown dot. 



4. Cli festiviis. % in.; greenish, with rust-yellow stripes; body \yith black bands. 



5. Ch. lineola. i^ in. ; greenish, chest part with one black, and two yellow lines in the niidtlle. 



6. Ch. occdnicN.s. }z ill- ; found on eelgrass and seaweeds. 



7. Ch. taiitiotiis. V^ in. ; bright green. 



8. CJi. modcsius. i'y; in. ; green, with yellow stripes ; wing white with front yeins and point brown ; joints of 



feet brown. 



Family 4. DIXID/C. Wood Midges. Mosquito-likc, but differs in venation ol wings. Is found in slnuly 

 swamps on skunk cabbage. 



DIXA. Wood midge. 



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