216 CHIRONOMID^E. 



Mas, fmco-niger, palpis nigris, antennarum plumis nigris apice albidis, 

 thorace nitido, alls hyalinis, apice pubescentibus, venis pallidis distinctis 

 apud costam fuscis, halteribus sordide albo-flavis, aldominis apice cano- 

 pubescente, pedibus albido-Jlavis albido-hirtis. Long. -| ; alar. 1^ lin. 



Male. Brownish-black. Palpi black. Plumes of the antennas black, 

 glistening-white towards the tips. Thorax shining, with a glistening 

 grey hue in some aspects. Wings hyaline, glistening milk-white when 

 seen on a dark surface, with a few little hairs near the tips ; veins pale, 

 but distinct, brown towards the costa. Halteres dingy whitish-yellow. 

 Abdomen blackish-brown, with short hoary down at the tip. Legs whitish- 

 yellow, with short whitish hairs. 



(E.?) 



21. forcipatus, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 30. 21. pi. 4. f. 21 (1852). 

 Mas, nigro-fuscus, palpis nigris, antennarum plumis apice flavescentibus, 

 thorace subnitido flavescente-hirto, alis hyalinis nudis, halteribus lacteis, 

 petiolis Jlavescentibus, abdomine obscuro fusco-piloso apice obtuso forcipi- 

 bus maximis fusco-flavis, pedibus fuscescente-flavis. Long. -|; alar, li lin. 



Male. Blackish-brown. Palpi black. Plumes of the antennae glisten- 

 ing-yellowish towards the tips. Thorax somewhat shining, with yellowish 

 hairs, which appear yellowish-grey in some aspects. Things limpid, bare. 

 Halteres yellowish, with milk-white knobs. Abdomen dull, with brown 

 hairs, glistening -whitish towards the tip, which is obtuse, and is furnished 

 with a pair of very large brownish-yellow forceps. Legs brownish-yellow. 

 (E.?) 



22. lucorum, Meig. Zw. i. 72. 9 (1818); Mcq. ; Winn.! Linn. 

 Ent. vi. pi. 4. f. 22. Mas et Fcem.fuscus aut nigro-fuscus, albido-hirtus, 

 thorace subnitido, alis hyalinis, venis pallidis apud costam paullo obscu- 

 rioribus, halteribus niveis, pedibus Jlavescentibus aut ferrugineis albo-hir- 

 tis ; Mas, alis apice pubescentibus ; Fcem. alis fere totis pubescentibus. 

 Long, f-f ; alar. 1^ lin. 



Male and Fern. Black or blackish-brown, clothed with whitish hairs. 

 Thorax somewhat shining, its hairs appearing grey in some aspects. 

 Wings hyaline ; veins pale but distinct, rather darker towards the 

 costa. Halteres snowy -white ; their petioles generally brownish. Legs 

 yellowish or ferruginous, clotJiedwith white hairs. Male. Wings appear- 

 ing milk-white in a shaded aspect, pubescent towards the tips. Fern. 

 Wings almost wholly pubescent. 



Not rare. (E.) 



23. rostratus, Winn. ! Linn. Ent. vi. 31. 23. pi. 4. f. 23 (1852). 

 Mas et Foem. cinereo-fuscus, proboscide elongata, antennarum pilis apice 

 albo-nitentibus, thorace Jlavo-hirto, scutello setis nonnullis nigris ciliato, 

 pectoris lateribus abdomineque nigro-fuscis, hoc cinereo-hirto, alis hyalinis, 

 venis pallidis apud costam fuscis, halteribus lacteis, petiolis fuscescenti- 

 bus, pedibus ferrugineis ; Mas, antennis nigro-fuscis, alis nudis ; Foem. 

 antennis fuscis, alis apices versus subpilosis. Long, f-1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Greyish -brown. Proboscis elongated. Thorax slightly clothed with 



