236 CHIRONOMID.E. 



spine. Male. Anteimse black, their plumes brown, gilded. Fern. Joints 

 of the antennae from the first to the eighth oval, with white bands ; 

 from the ninth to the thirteenth brown, elliptical. 

 Hare. (E.) 



74. gracilis, Winn. Linn. Ent. vi. 76. 72 (1852). Mm et Fo?m. 

 i/it/i-r, nitidus, palpis albidis, alis albidis, venis pallidis apud costam 

 subfuscescentibus, halteribus nigro-fuscis, petiolis basi albidis, pedibus 

 anterioribus albis nigro-fusco-fasciatis, femoribus tibiisque posticis nigro- 

 fuscis ; Mas, antennis nigris plumis aurato-fuscis ; Fcem. antennis albo- 

 fasciatis apices versus totis fuscis. Long. 1-1 i ; alar. 2-2^ lin. 



Male and Fern. Black, sliming. Palpi whitish. Wings whitish ; 

 veins pale, brownish towards the costa. Halteres blackish-brown, 

 whitish at the base. Anterior legs white ; apical band of the femora, 

 knees, middle band and tips of the tibiae, and tips of the joints of the 

 tarsi, blackish-brown ; fore femora with a subapical spine. Hind legs 

 blackish-brown, shining ; femora and tibia3 yellowish at the base ; tarsi 

 white, their joints with black tips. Male. Antennae black, their plumes 

 brown, gilded. Fern. Joints of the antennae from the first to the eighth 

 oval, with white bands ; from the ninth to the thirteenth brown, ellip- 

 tical. 



(E.?) 



75. ornatus, Meig. Zw. vi. 262. 47 (1830); Winn. Mas et Fcem. 

 (tier, capite postico albicante, palpis fusco-flavis, thorace subnilido cine- 

 rascente vittis tribus maculisque duabus lateralibiis argenteis, alis albidis, 

 venis pallidis apud costam subfuscescentibus, halteribus albis apice ni- 

 gris, abdomine nigro-fusco aut nigro vix nitido, pedibus flavis fasciis 

 nigro-fuscis, tarsis albis articulis apice nigro-fuscis ; Mas, antennis 

 fuscis, plumis aurato-fuscis ; Fcem. antennis fuscis flavo-cinctis. Long. 

 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male and Fern. Hind part of the head glistening-whitish ; two black 

 marks behind the vertex. Palpi brownish-yellow. TJiorax deep black, 

 slightly shining, with a dark greyish glistening, adorned with three stripes, 

 'and on each side with two spots of a silvery hue. Wings whitish ; veins 

 pale, brownish towards the costa. Ualleres white ; the knobs, or the 

 tips of the knobs, black. Abdomen blackish-brown or black, hardly 

 shining, except at the tip. Legs yellow ; femora and tibiae with black 

 bands, which are very broad on the hind legs ; tarsi white, their joints 

 with blackish -brown tips ; fore femora with a spine beneath towards 

 the tips. Male. Antennae brown, their plumes gilded-brown. Fan. 

 Joints of the antennae from the first to the eighth oval, yellow towards 

 the base, brown towards the tips ; from the ninth to the thirteenth 

 elliptical, brown. 



Not common. (E.) 



76. albipes, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 77. 74. pi. 8. f. 72 (1852). 

 Mas, a/ft; nilidus, antcnnarum plumis apice albidis, alis albis, venis 

 pallidis apud costam pallide fuscesccntibus, halteribus nigris, tarsorum 



