Journal New York Entomological Society, fvoi. xvi. 



A 5 



6 I 



FlGS. I to 6. Comparison of leg markings: I, C. exquisitus ; 2, C. pulchri- 

 pennis ; 3, C. pcecilopterus ; 4, C. zonoplertis ; 5, C. tceniapetmis ; 6, C. nephopterus. 



Chironomus calopterus, new species. 



Female. — Occiput brown with ashy border ; antennae light brown; mesonotum 

 tan with ashy pruinosity ; lateral vittae brown, rather spreading ; central vitta also 

 brown, with its outer margins bordered by a narrow green line which fades to light 

 brown ; a number of long light hairs on the dorsal margins of the lateral vittae as well 

 as on the scutellum and metathorax ; pleurae chiefly dark brown ; scutellum brown, 

 its hinder margin gray ; metanotum brown, very dark at its cephalic margin. Abdo- 

 men green in life (this is from a note at time of capture, the abdomen is now gone) ; 

 hal teres white ; coxae and entire legs pale cream color except the very apical margin 

 of the middle and hind tibiae which are black ; hairs of legs pale straw color. Wing 

 (fig- 7> a ) hyaline and crossed by a cinereous band in width a little less than half 



