172 CHIRONOMIDjE. 



the tibiae, and of the joints of the tarsi, brown. Male. Antennae with 

 brown plumes. 



Not common. In the British Museum. (E.) 



84. cingulatus, Steph. M.SS.modestus ? Meig. ; Staeg. ; Zett. 

 Mas, testaceus, thorace vittis tribus pallide fuscis, alis sublimpidis pubes- 

 centibus, venis albidis apud costam testaceis, abdomine fusco, segmen- 

 torum marginibus posticis albidis. Long. 2 ; alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Testaceous. Thorax with three pale brown stripes. Wings 

 nearly limpid, pubescent ; costal, radial and cubital veins testaceous, 

 the rest whitish. Abdomen brown, very pilose, with a whitish baud on 

 each segment. Legs testaceous, slender, pubescent. 



Rare. In the British Museum. 



85. ferrugineo-vittatus? Zett. Dipt. Scand. ix. 3492. 10(1850); 

 Zett. Fcem. var. ? viridis, thorace vittis tribus ferrugineis, alls lim- 

 pidis, venis albis apud costam testaceis, venula transversa fusca, abdo- 

 mine nigro, segmentorum marginibus posticis viridibus, pedibus fulvis va- 

 lidiusculis, femoribus tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice riigris. Long. 

 2^-3; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Fern. Var. ? Green. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with three 

 pale ferruginous stripes. Wings limpid ; discal transverse veinlet pale 

 brown; costal, radial, and cubital veins testaceous, the rest white. 

 Halteres whitish. Abdomen black ; hind borders of the segments green. 

 Legs tawny, minutely pubescent, rather stout ; tips of the femora, of the 

 tibiae, and of the joints of the tarsi, black. 



Not rare. (E.) 



86. nigrimanus, Staeg. ; Dipt. Dan. 566. 21 (1840) ; Zett. loem. 

 viridis, thorace vittis tribus run's, alis albo-limpidis, venis albis apud 

 costam testaceis, segmentorum abdominalium marginibus posticis albidis, 

 pedibus pallide viridibus, tarsis testaceis, fem.oribus anticis apice necnon 

 tibiis tarsisque anticis totisfuscis. Long. 3-3i ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Fern. Green. Thorax with three red stripes. Wings limpid-white ; 

 costal, radial, and cubital veins testaceous, the rest white. Halteres 

 pale testaceous. Hind borders of the abdominal segments whitish. Legs 

 pale green ; tarsi testaceous ; fore tibiae, fore tarsi, and tips of the fore 

 femora, brown. 



Not common. (E.) 



87. irretitus, n. Mas. et Fcem. albido-viridis, thorace vittis tribus 

 testaceis, alis albo-limpidis, venis halteribusque albis, tarsis anterioribus 



t tibiisque apice nigris. Long. 2-2| ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Male and Fern. Whitisli-green. Thorax with three pale testaceous 

 stripes. Wings limpid-white; veins and halteres white. Abdomen 

 pubescent. Legs greenish-white, slender ; tibiae and anterior tarsi with 

 black tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



88. sticticus, F. Sp. Ins. ii. 407. 38 (1791); Gmel. ; Meig.; Mcq. ; 



