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Male. Brown. Palpi purple, with two silvery bands, longer than the 

 thorax. Rostrum black, bent, nearly as long as the abdomen. An- 

 tennae black. Pectus silvery cinereous. Abdomen lurid, black to- 

 wards the tip, where it is furnished with diverging lateral black hairs. 

 Legs setulose, without bands; femora silvery cinereous, except to- 

 wards the tips. Wings brownish cinereous ; veins brown. Length 

 of the body 6 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Gren. CtTLEX, Linn. 



4. CuLEX VENTRALis. FcBm. Nigricans, pectorc argcntco, abdomiffe 

 subtus fasciis sex argenteo-albis, femoribus argenteo-albidis apice 

 nigricantibus, alis cinereis. 



Female. Blackish. Rostrum and palpi black, the former slightly bent 

 downward, a little longer than the thorax. Pectus silvery cinereous. 

 Abdomen beneath with six silvery-white bands. Legs long, slender ; 

 femora silvery whitish, except towards the tips ; tibiae and tarsi setu- 

 lose. Wings cinereous ; veins blackish, fringed ; fork of the sub- 

 apical vein rather short. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



Earn. CHIEONOMID^, Haliday. 

 Gren. Chieonomus, Meigen. 



5. Chironomus instabilis. Mas. Pallide fuscus, nitens, thorace 

 antice producto vittis duabus nigricantibus, pedibus albidis subpubes- 

 centibus, alis lacteis. 



Male. Pale brown, shining. Eyes deep black. Thorax very promi- 

 nent in front, with two slender blackish stripes. Legs whitish, long, 

 slender, very minutely pubescent ; fore metatarsus almost twice the 

 length of the fore tibia. Wings milk-white ; veins white. Length 

 of the body 21 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Fam. TIPULIDtE, Haliday. 

 Gren. LiMNOBiA, Meigen. 



6. LiMNOBiA PLENiPENNis. Mas. Badia, capite nigro, thorace an- 

 tice attenuato, abdomine brevi subochraceo apicem versus nigro, 

 femoribus testaceis apice fuscis, alis cinereis luteo variis, vittis tribus 

 deviis nigricantibus, maculis guttisque albis. 



Male. Chestnut colour, shining. Head, palpi, and antennae black. 

 Thorax attenuated in front; pectus testaceous in front. Abdomen 

 short, dull ochraceous, black towards the tip, very little longer than 

 the thorax. Legs brown, long, slender ; coxae and femora testaceous, 

 the latter with brown tips. Wings cinereous ; basal and subapical 

 parts pale luteous ; three irregular blackish stripes ; first stripe costal. 



