200 CHIRONOMIDjE. 



tarsi, brown; fore tibiae longer than the fore metatarsi by one-half. 

 Male. Antennae with black plumes. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. choreus, Meig. Klass. Zw. i. 23. 6 (1804); Mcq.; Stseg.; Zett. 

 -fasciatus, Meig. sylvaticus, Meig. Mas et Fcem. canus, thorace vittis 

 quatuor fuscis, alls striga apud venulam transversam nigra, fascia lata 

 ante apicali cinerea, halteribus albidis, abdomine fusco, pedibus testa- 

 ceis, tibiis et tarsorum articulis apice fuscis ; Mas, abdominis segmentis 

 albido-marginatis. Long. 1-^-2 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Male and Fern. Hoary. TJiorax with four brown stripes. Wings 

 clouded with grey, nearly limpid along the costa towards tJie base and at 

 the tips ; discal transverse veinlet clouded ^oith black. Halteres whitish. 

 Abdomen brown. Legs dull, testaceous ; tips of the tibiae and of the 

 joints of the tarsi brown ; fore tibiae longer than the fore metatarsi by 

 one-half. Male. Antennae with black plumes. Hind borders of the 

 abdominal segments whitish. 



Generally distributed. Observed by Mr. Saunders in immense 

 clouds on Wandsworth Common in the beginning of September, 

 1843. (E.S.I.) 



4. punctatus, F. S. A. 43. 24 (1805); Meig.; Sta3g. ; Es.; Zett. 

 nebulosus, Meig. Klass. Mas et Foem. albido-testaceus, thorace vittis 

 tribus et metathorace cinereis, scutello albo, alis albidis, fasciis tribus 

 incompletis fuscis, halteribus albis, abdomine pedibusque albidis, illius 

 segmentis fusco-fasciatis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Male and Fern. Whitish-testaceous. Thorax with three grey stripes, 

 the middle one double, abbreviated hindward ; scutellum white ; metathorax 

 grey. Wings whitish, with three irregular, incomplete, indistinct, and 

 very pale brown bands ; transverse veinlet clouded with darker brown ; 

 veins pale. Halteres white. Abdomen whitish, pilose, with a slight 

 brown band on each segment. Legs whitish, long, and slender ; fore 

 tibiae longer than the fore metatarsi by one-fourth ; fore tarsi pilose. 

 Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Not rare. (E.) 



5. punctipennis, Meig. Zw. i. 61. 9 (1818) ; Fries ; Mcq. ; Gim. ; 

 Staeg. ; Zett. cinctus, Panz. ; Latr. ; Meig. Klass. Mas et Foem. cine- 

 reus, thorace vittis quatuor albidis tribusque fuscescentibus, alis albidis, 

 guttis plurimis cinereis strigaque media nigricante, venis, halteribus pe- 

 dibusque albis, femoram fascia subapicali, tibiis et tarsorum articulis 

 apice nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Male and Fern. Grey. TJiorax with four whitish and three brownish 

 stripes. Wings whitish, with numerous grey dots, and with a blackish 

 mark by the middle of the costa ; veins, halteres, and legs white ; fe- 

 mora with a black subapical band ; tibiae and joints of the tarsi with 

 black tips. Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



