202 CHIRONOMID^E. 



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. F. S. 1763 (1761); F.; Gmel. ; Latr.; Meig.; 

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

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

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

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

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



Male and Fern. 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 ; tibia? with three black bands ; tarsi with a black 

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

 fore tibise longer than the fore metatarsi by one-half. Male. Antennae 

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

 segment. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



11. plumipes? Fries, Mon. Tan. 9. 1 (1823); Meig.; Staeg. ; 

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

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

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



Fern. Piceous, rather stout. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with 

 a hoary tinge, which is interrupted by 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.) 



12. notatus, Meig. Zw. i. 58. 4 (1818); Stag. ; Zett. Mas, ca- 

 nus, palpis antennisque nigris, thorace vittis tribus 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. 2-| ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male. Hoary. Palpi and antennae 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 tibiae 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, Wied. ; Meig. Zw. i. 65. 18 (1818) ; Mcq.; Staeg.; 

 Ks. ; Zett. D. Sc. Arundineti? L.; F.; Schr.; Grncl. bicolor, Fries ; 

 Meig. ; Zett. I. L. Mas et Fcem. pallide testaceus, palpis, aiitcnnis. 

 halteribus pedibusque albidis, thorace vittis tribus rui'csceiitibus, alis 



