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Ferruginous. Proboscis testaceous, black towards the tip. Thorax 

 with two hoary stripes. Wings very slightly greyish ; veins brown, fringed 

 with brown hairs. Abdomen icith a testaceous band on the fore border 

 of each segment. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brown. Male. Palpi testa- 

 ceous, black towards the tips. Antennae testaceous, with black rings. 

 Fern. Palpi and antennae black. Abdominal bands narrower and more 

 clearly marked than those of the male. 



The House Gnat. Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



8. bicolor, Meg,; Meig. Zw. i. 9. 13 (1818); Steph.; Gim. 

 flamrostris, Steph. punctatus, Meig.?; Gim.?; Steph. marg'malis, 



Steph. Fcem. Ferrugineus, thoracis dorso fusco, alis sublimpidis, abdo- 

 mine testaceo suturis nigricantibus, pedibus testaceis, tibiis tarsisque 

 fuscis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5^6 lin. 



Fern. Ferruginous. Antennae blackish. Thorax brown above, with 

 pale down. Wings nearly limpid ; veins brown, and fringed with brown 

 hairs. Abdomen testaceous ; sutures of the segments blackish. Legs tes- 

 taceous ; tibiae and tarsi brown ; posterior tibiae testaceous about the 

 middle. 



Not rare. (E.) 



9. lutescens, F. Sp. Ins. ii. 470 (1781); Vill. ; Gmel.; Meig.; 

 Steph. ; Gim. Testaceus, thoracis dorso ferrugineo vittis duabus obscu- 

 rioribus, alis Impidis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5^-6 lin. 



Testaceous. Proboscis black towards the tip. Thorax above ferru- 

 ginous, with two darker stripes. Wings limpid, with a pale yellowish 

 tinge in front ; veins pale. Male. Palpi black towards the tips. An- 

 tennae with black rings. Fern. Palpi and antennae black. 



Not rare. (E.) This and C. licolor may be varieties of one 

 species, or both may be varieties of C. ciliaris. 



Genus III. ANOPHELES. 



ANOPHELES, Meig. Zw. i. 10 (1818); Steph.; Curt.; Mcq. ; Hal.; 

 Zett. ; Westw. ; Staeg. ; Loew. Culex p., L. ; F. ; Schr. ; Gmel.; 

 Meig. Kl. 



Corpus elongatum, mediocre, pubescens. Caput parvum. Oculi trans- 

 versim lunati, supra antennas conjuncti. Proboscis porrecta, antennis 

 paullo longior. Palpi porrecti, proboscidis longitudine. Antennae 14- 

 articulatae, porrectae, filiformes, thorace vix breviores. Thorax elon- 

 gatus, subconvexus, ante scutellum impressus. Scutellum parvum. 

 Alae angustae, elongatae, lanceolatae, incumbentes, apud venas squa- 

 mosae, abdominis longitudine. Abdomen angustum, segmentis octo, 

 thorace duplo longius. Pedes longissimi, gracillimi, subnudi, inermes ; 

 coxae breves ; tibiae tenuiter spiuulosae ; tarsi postici praBsertim lon- 

 gissimi; ungues parvi. Mas. Palpi 5-articulati ; articuli quartus et 



