162 CHIRONOMID^;. 



race vittis tribus testaceis, alls albo-limpidis, venis halteribusque albidis, 

 tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice nigricantibus. Long. 2; alar. 3^ lin. 



Male and Fern. Pale green, ratlier stout. Thorax with three testaceous 

 stripes. Wings limpid-ichite ; veins and halteres whitish. Legs pale 

 green ; tips of the tibia? and of the joints of the tarsi blackish. 



Not common. (E.) 



38. testaceus? Mcq. D. N. i. 198. 16 (1826); Meig.; Stseg.; 

 Zett. Var. ? Foem. pallide testaceus, thorace vittis tribus obscurioribus, 

 alis perlimpidis, venis halteribusque dibit, femoribus tibiis tarsisque apice 

 obscure testaceis. Long. 1^; alar. 3 lin. 



Var. ? Fern. Pale testaceous.- Thorax with three slightly darker stripes. 

 Wings quite limpid ; veins and halteres white. Legs very pale testa- 

 ceous ; tips of the femora, of the tibiae, and of the tarsi, darker. 



Not common. '(K) 



39. mfovittatus? Staeg. Dipt. Dan. 570. 39 (1840); Zett. 

 Var. ? Foem. pallide testaceus, thorace vittis tribus paullo obscurioribus, 

 alis sublimpidis, venis pallide testaceis, segmentorum abdominalium i//f/r- 

 ginibus posticis albidis. Long. 1^- ; alar. 3 lin. 



Var. ? Fern. Pale testaceous. Thorax with three indistinct slightly 

 darker stripes. Wings nearly limpid ; veins pale testaceous. Hind bor- 

 ders of the abdominal segments whitish. 



Not common. (E.) 



40. modicellus, n. Foem. pallide testaceus, alis albo-limpidis, hal- 

 teribus pedibusque albis, abdomine viridi. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Fern. Pale testaceous. Wings limpid-white. Halteres and legs white. 

 Abdomen pale green. 

 Not common. (E.) 



41. affinis, Steph. 'MSS.pallid'ulus, var. ? Meig. Mas et Foem. 

 pallide luteus, alis limpidis pubescentibus, venis pallide testaceis, halte- 

 ribus albis, abdomine viridi, pedibus testaceis. Long. H-lf ; alar- 3 

 lin. 



Pale luteous. Wings limpid, pubescent ; veins pale testaceous. Hal- 

 teres white. Abdomen pale green. Legs testaceous, long, slender. 

 Male. Antennae with testaceous plumes. Abdomen luteous towards 

 the tip. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



42. nubeculosus, Meig. Zw. i. 32. 37 (1818); Mcq.; Gun.; 

 Star:g. ; Zett. Mas et Foem. testaceus, thorace vittis tribus piceis, alis 

 albo-limpidis, venis albis cinereo-limbatis, abdomine nigro, segmentoriun 

 marginibus posticis albidis. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 31-4 lin. 



Male and Fern. Testaceous. Palpi and antenna? black. Thorax with 

 three piceous stripes. Wings limpid-white, with grey stripes alonij tin- 

 veins, or grey, with the discs of the areolets limpid-white ; costal, ra- 

 dial, and cubital veins whitish, the rest white. Halteres whitish. Ah- 



