190 CHIRONOMID^, 



171. modestus? Meig. Zw. vi. 256. 115 (1830). Mas, pallide 

 testaceus, thorace vittis tribus nigricantibus, alls albo-limpidis pubescen- 

 tibus, venis halteribusque albis, abdomine fusco, pedibus testaceis, femo- 

 ribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long, f-1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Antennas with brown plumes. Thorax with 

 three blackish stripes. Wrings limpid-white, pubescent ; veins and hal- 

 teres white. Abdomen brown. Legs testaceous ; tarsi and tips of the 

 femora and of the tibia brown. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



172. denotatus, n. Mas et Fcem. testaceus, thorace vittis tribus 

 fuscis, alis albo-limpidis, venis halteribusque albis, abdomine fusco basi 



subtus testaceo, pedibus pallide testaceis. Long. 2-2f ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male and Fern. Testaceous. Thorax with three brown stripes. Meta- 

 thorax black. Wings limpid-white; veins and halteres white. Abdo- 

 men brown, testaceous beneath towards the base. Legs pale testaceous, 

 slender. Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



173. melaleucus, Meig. Zw. i. 39. 41 (1818). Var.? Fcem. al- 

 bidus, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis subdnereis, venis halteribusque al- 

 bidis, illis apud costam fuscis, abdomine pedidusc^ue fuscis. Long. 1^ ; 

 alar. 3 lin. 



Var. ? Fern. Whitish. Thorax with three brown stripes. Wings 

 slightly greyish; costal, radial, and cubital veins brown, the rest wJntish. 

 Halteres whitish. Abdomen brown. Legs brown, long, slender. 



Eare. In the British Museum. 



174. alligatus, n. Mas, niger, alis subalbidis, venis albidis apud 

 costam fuscescentibus, halteribus albis, pedibus longiusculis. Long. 2 ; 

 alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Black. Antennae with black plumes. Wings slightly whitish, 

 nearly limpid ; costal, radial, and cubital veins, and discal transverse 

 veinlet brownish, the rest whitish. Halteres white. Legs rather long. 



Not rare. (E.) 



175. adjuiictus, n. Fcem. canus, thorace vittis tribus nigris, alis 

 subdnereis ad costam subfuscescentibus, venis fuscis apud costam nigris, 

 halteribus albidis, abdomine fusco subtus livido, pedibus nigro-fuscis. 

 Long. If; alar. 3 lin. 



Jem. Hoary. Thorax with three black stripes. Wings greyish, 

 slightly brownish along the costa ; costal, radial, and cubital veins black, 

 the other veins brown. Halteres whitish. Abdomen brown, livid beneath. 

 Legs blackish-brown, moderately long ; femora rather thick. 



Not common. (E.) 



176. cosequatns, n. Fcem. niger, nitens, alis cinereis, venis hal- 

 teribusque albidis, illis apud costam fuscis, pedibus fuscis. Long. 1| 1^ ; 

 alar. 2^-3 lin. 



Fern. Black, shining. Wings grey ; costal, radial, and cubital veins 



