CHIRONOMDS. 155 



nonnunquam testaceo, alls limpidis, venis pedibusque pallide testaceis, 

 tibiis apice femoribusque paullo obscurioribus. Long. 1^ If ; alar. 2^-3 

 lin. 



Male and Fern. Green. Thorax with three black stripes. Wings 

 limpid ; veins pale testaceous. Legs pale testaceous ; femora and tips 

 of the tibiae rather darker. Var. ft. Thorax testaceous, with three black 

 stripes. Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Apparently allied to C. prasinatus, Steeg. Common. (E.) 



4. viridulus, L. S. N. ii. 975 (1767); F.; Gmel. ; Meig.; Mcq.; 

 Zett. ; Gim. ; Stasg. Mas, viridis, thorace vittis tribus nigricantibus, 

 alls limpidis, venis albidis apud costam nigricantibus, halteribus albidis, 

 pedibus testaceis. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Green. Palpi and antennas black. Thorax with three black- 

 ish stripes. Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins blackish, 

 the rest whitish. Halteres whitish. Abdomen pubescent. Legs testa- 

 ceous, the four posterior very pubescent. Male. Antennas with brown 

 plumes. 



Not rare. (E.) 



5. tennis? Mcq. H. N. D. i. 52. 19 (1834); Meig. Mas, niger, 

 thorace cano-viridi vittis tribus latis nicjro-cinereis, alis limpidis, venis 

 pedibusque testaceis, halteribus albidis, tibiis apice fuscis. Long. If ; 

 alar. 3 lin. 



Black. Thorax hoary green, with three broad greyish-black stripes. 

 Wings limpid ; veins testaceous. Hulteres whitish. Legs testaceous ; 

 tips of the tibias brown. Male. Antennas with testaceous plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



6. ejuncidus, n. Mas, viridis, thorace vittis tribus testaceis, alis 

 albo-limpidis, venis albidis, halteribus albis, abdomine fusco valde pubes- 

 cente, segmentorum marginibus albis, pedibus albido-testaceis. Long. 

 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Green. Antennas with testaceous plumes. Thorax with three 

 testacous stripes. Wings limpid-white ; veins whitish. Halteres white. 

 Abdomen brown, very pubescent, with a white band on the hind border 

 of each segment. Legs whitish-testaceous. 



Not common. (E.) 



7. brevitibialis? Zett. Dipt. Scand. ix. 3537- 59 (1850). Mas, 

 Jlavido -viridis, thorace vittis tribus testaceis, alis albo-limpidis, venis 



halteribusque albis, abdomine obscure viridi vix pubescente, pedibus pal- 

 lide viridibus, tarsis apice nigris. Long. If ; alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Yelloivish- green. Palpi and antennas testaceous, the latter 

 with brown plumes. Thorax with three testaceous stripes. Wings lim- 

 pid-white ; veins and halteres white. Abdomen dark dull green, hardly 

 pubescent. _ Legs pale green ; tarsi black towards the tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



8. ruf ovittatus ? Stasg. Dipt. Dan. 570. 39 (1840); Zett. Mis, 



