236 CHIRONOMIDjE. 



spine. Male. Antennae black, their plumes brown, gilded. Fern. Joints 

 of the antennae from the first to the eighth oval, with white bands ; 

 from the ninth to the thirteenth brown, elliptical. 

 Eare. (E.) 



74. gracilis, Winn. Linn. Ent. vi. 76. 72 (1852). Mas et Fcem. 

 niger, nitidus, palpis albidis, alis albidis, venis pallidis apud costam 

 subfuscescentibus, halteribus nigro-fuscis, petiolis basi albidis, pedibus 

 anterioribus albis nigro-fusco-fasciatis, femoribus tibiisque posticis nigro- 

 fuscis ; Mas, antennis nigris plumis aurato-fuscis ; Fcem. antennis albo- 

 fasciatis apices versus totis fuscis. Long. 1-li ; alar. 2-2^ lin. 



Male and Fern. Black, shining. Palpi whitish. Wings whitish ; 

 veins pale, brownish towards the costa. Halteres blackish-brown, 

 whitish at the base. Anterior legs white ; apical band of the femora, 

 knees, middle band and tips of the tibiae, and tips of the joints of the 

 tarsi, blackish-brown ; fore femora with a siibapical spine. Hind legs 

 blackish-brown, shining ; femora and tibias yellowish at the base ; tarsi 

 white, their joints with black tips. Male. Antenna black, their plumes 

 brown, gilded. Fern. Joints of the antennas from the first to the eighth 

 oval, with white bands ; from the ninth to the thirteenth brown, ellip- 

 tical. 



(E.?) 



75. ornatus, Meig. Zw. vi. 262. 47 (1830); Winn. Mas et Fcem, 

 ater, capite postico albicante, palpis fusco-flavis, thorace subnitido cine- 

 rascente vittis tribus maculisque duabus lateralibus argenteis, alis albidis, 

 venis pallidis apud costam subfuscescentibus, halteribus albis apice ni- 

 gris, abdomine nigro-fusco aut nigro vix nitido, pedibus flavis fasciis 

 nigro-fuscis, tarsis albis articulis apice nigro-fuscis ; Mas, antennis 

 fuscis, plumis aurato-fuscis ; Fcem. antennis fuscis flavo-cinctis. Long. 

 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male and Fern. Hind part of the head glistening-whitish ; two black 

 marks behind the vertex. Palpi brownish-yellow. Thorax deep black, 

 slightly shining, with a dark greyish glistening, adorned with three stripes, 

 and on each side with two spots of a silvery hue. Wings whitish ; veins 

 pale, brownish towards the costa. Halteres white ; the knobs, or the, 

 tips of the knobs, black. Abdomen blackish-brown or black, hardly 

 shining, except at the tip. Legs yellow ; femora and tibia3 with black 

 bands, which are very broad on the hind legs ; tarsi white, their joints 

 with blackish-brown tips ; fore femora with a spine beneath towards 

 the tips. Male. Antennas brown, their plumes gilded-brown. Fern. 

 Joints of the antennas from the first to the eighth oval, yellow towards 

 the base, brown towards the tips ; from the ninth to the thirteenth 

 elliptical, brown. 



Not common. (E.) 



76. albipes, Winn.! Linn. Ent. vi. 77. 74. pi. 8. f. 72 (1852). 

 Mas, ater, nitidus, antennarurn plumis- apice albidis, alis albis, venis 

 pallidis apud costam pallide fuscesccntibus, halteribus nigris, larsorum 



