174 CHIRONOMIDjE. 



whitish. Legs blackish-brown ; tibia testaceous, blackish-brown towards 

 the base ; fore femora testaceous at the base. 

 B/are. In Mr. Saunders' collection. (E.) 



93. patibilis, n. Mas et Foem. niger, robustus, alis limpidis, venis 

 halteribusque albidis, pedibus nigro-fuscis. Long. 2 ; alar. 3 lin. 



Black, stout. Wings limpid ; veins and halteres whitish. Legs black- 

 ish-brown, moderately long and slender. Male. Antennae with black 

 plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



94. nemoralis? Zett. Dipt, Scand. ix. 3498. 15 (1850). Fcem. 

 var.? canus, thorace vittis tribus uigris, alis sublimpidis, venis albidis 

 apud costam testaceis, venula transversa nigra, halteribus albidis, abdo- 

 mine nigro-cinereo, segmentorum marginibus posticis canis, pedibus tes- 

 taceis, femoribus tibiisque apice fuscis, tarsis fuscis basi testaceis. Long. 

 4 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Fern. Var. ? Black. Thorax hoary, with three black stripes. Wings 

 nearly limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins testaceous, the rest 

 whitish ; discal transverse veinlet black. Halteres whitish. Abdomen 

 greyish-black ; hind borders of the segments hoary. Legs testaceous, 

 long, slender ; tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown ; tarsi brown, 

 testaceous at the base. 



Bare. (E.) 



95. obvius, n. Mas, niger, valde robustus, thorace ferrugineo vittis 

 tribus latissimis nigris, alis limpidis, venis halteribusque albidis, illis apud 

 costam testaceis, pedibus- fuscis validis. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male. Black, very stout. Antenna with black plumes. Thorax fer- 

 ruginous, with three very broad black dorsal stripes. Wings limpid ; 

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

 whitish. Legs brown, stout, of moderate length. 



Bare. (E.) 



96. littorellus? Meig. Zw. i. 26. 12 (1830); Stseg. ; Zett. Mas 

 et Fcem. niger, thorace testaceo vittis tribus nigris, alis limpidis, venis 

 halteribusque albidis, his apud costam testaceis, segmentorum abdomina- 

 lium marginibus posticis testaceis, pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque 

 apice fuscis, tarsis fuscis basi testaceis, tibiis anticis basi fuscis. Long. 

 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Male and Fern. Black. Thorax testaceous, with three black stripes. 

 Wings limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins testaceous, the rest 

 whitish. Halteres whitish. Hind borders of the abdominal segments 

 testaceous. Legs testaceous, long, slender ; tips of the femora and of 

 the tibia3 brown ; tarsi brown, testaceous towards the base ; fore tibia3 

 brown at the base. Male* Antennae with brown plumes. 



Not rare. (E.) 



97. impar, n. Mas et Fcem. niger, nitens, thorace ferrugineo vittis 



