228 CHIRONOMID,E. 



thorax ; the first (large oblate spheroidal) joint and the base of the 

 second dingy yellowish. Vagina dingy yellowish. Ungues unequal, 

 the longer nearly as long as the claw-joint. 



Found at Holywood. Not very rare in open groves. (I.) 

 Obs. C. gracilis, Winn., has no relation to this species. 



54. candidates, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 57. 53. pi. 7. f. 53 (1852). 

 Jf'oem. ater, obscurus, palpis antennisque nigris, his nigro-hirtis, alis ni- 

 veis, venis pallide fuscescentibus, halteribus niveis, pedibus nigro-fuscis, 

 tarsorura articulis primo et secundo albis. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Fern. Deep black, not shining. Palpi black. Antennae black, with 

 black verticillate hairs, which are glistening-white on the apical joints ; 

 joints from the first to the eighth cylindrical ; from the ninth to the 

 thirteenth elongated, oval. Wings and halteres snowy-white ; veins 

 pale brownish. Legs blackish-brown; first and second joints of the 

 tarsi white. 



(B.P) 



55. flavipes, Meig. Zw. i. 82. 35 (1818); Staeg.; Winn.! Linn. 

 Ent. vi. pi. 7. f. 54. hortulanus, Meig.; Zett. ; Es. Fcem. niger, ni- 

 tidus, capite postico, facie, palpis, antennisque nigro-fuscis, alis limpidis, 

 veuis a pud costam pallide fuscis, halteribus albidis, capitulis nigris, pedi- 

 bus fulvis nigro-variis. Long, H-lf ; alar. 3 lin. 



Fern. Black, shining. Hind head, face, palpi, and antennae blackish- 

 brown. First joint of the antennas cylindrical, contracted before and 

 beyond the middle ; the following seven joints more oval, contracted 

 only in the middle ; the five last cylindrical, much elongated, somewhat 

 widened at the base of each. Wings limpid; veins pale brown towards 

 the costa. Halteres whitish, icith Hack knobs. Fore legs tawny ; femora 

 with eight spines ; knees, lips of the tibice, and tarsi, black ; first tarsal 

 joint tawny, with a black tip; second more or less taicny towards the base. 

 Middle leys tawny; tarsi, apical third part of the femora, and tips of the 

 tibiae, black ; first tarsal joint tawny, with a black tip. Hind leys black; 

 femora tawny for two-thirds of the length from the base. Ungues short. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



56. spinipes, Meig. Zw. i. 81. 33 (1818); Wiiin. ! Linn. Ent. vi. 

 pi. 7. f. 55. Mas, niger, nitidus, capite nigro-fiisco, alis limpidis, venis 

 apud costam fuscis, halteribus albis, abdomine fusco apud apicem niyro, 

 pedibus fulvis, genubus, tibiis apice tarsisque nigris, tarsorina nrticn1i.s 

 quarto et quinto fuscis, femoribus posticis apices versus nigris. Long. 1 ; 

 alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Head blackish-brown. Antennae and their plumes rather paler ; 

 the long apical joints with white-glistening verticillate hairs. Thorax 

 black, shining. Wings limpid; veins towards the costa brown. Hal- 

 teres white. Abdomen brorcn, black towards the tip ; forceps very small, 

 with pointed blades. Legs Uurmj ; knees, tarsi, and tips of the tibia, 

 black ; fourth and fifth tarsal joints broini ; apical third part of the 

 hind femora black ; fore femora armed with seven spines; middle fe- 



