mPTERA. 641 
Vlecia similis (Rond.). Rondani (Arcliir. Canest. vol. iii. p. 90) adds somo 
distinctive characters of this species. 
New genera and species : — 
Lobogader, g. n., Philippi, Verb. zool.~bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, xv. p. 632. 
Allied to RhypJius ; antennce twice as long as head and thorax, cylindrical ; 
abdomen with segments 4-6 dilated on each side. Sp. L. paradoxus, Phil. 
1. c. p. 632, pi. 24. fig. 16, from Chili. 
Jlcptagyia, g. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 635. Allied to Simtdium ; antennm 
7-jointed j palpi long, 6-jointed ; wings with 2 basal and posterior cells. Sp. 
JI. anmdipes, Phil. 1. c. pi. 24. fig. 1 7, from Chili. 
Penthera, g. n., Philippi, I c. p. 639. Allied to Plecia ; antennm inserted 
at the level of the middle of the eyes ; legs densely pilose. Sp. P. nigra, 
Phil. 1. c. p. 640, pi. 24. fig. 18, from Chili. 
Plecia vittata, Bellardi, Mem. R. Accad. Tor. ser. 2. tome xxi. p. 204, pi. 3. 
fig. 4, from Mexico. 
Dilophus minutus, Bellardi, 1. c. p. 204, from Mexico. 
Pilopkus vittatus, pallidipennis, patdseni, and valdivianus, Philippi, 1. c. 
p. 636, from Chili. 
Pihio longirostrisj Rondani, Archivio Canestr. vol. iii. p. 89, and P. bra- 
chiata, Rond, ibid., from the Cape of Good Hope. 
Simulium cliilianwm (Phil.), Rondani, 1. c. p. 90, from Chili. 
Shnulium. Philippi describes S. montanum and pidchrum, 1. c. p. 633 ; 
S. anmdatum, varipcs, chilense {-zcMlianmn, Rond.?), and tarsatum, p. 634. 
Simtdium mexicanum, Bellardi, 1. c. p. 203. 
Phyphus t<xniatus, Bellardi, 1. c. p. 202, pi. 3. fig. 15, from Mexico. 
Scatopse transatlanticd, carbonaria, and hyaUnata, Phil. /. c. p. 640, from 
Chili. 
Acanthocnemis (Blanch.). Philippi describes A, nigripennis, thoracicus, 
and luteicollis, 1. c. p. 637 ; A. lateralis, bimaculatus, gagatinus, ater, carbonarius, 
and ephippium, p. 638 j A. dorsalis and rubrijtes, p. 639. 
Chironomidje. 
Podonomus, g. n., Philippi, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, xv. p. 601. 
Allied to Chironomus-, antennre ($) short, 8-jointed (?), with long hairs, 
last joint as long as two or three preceding together ; wings with the basal cells 
equal, the marginal and four posterior cells subequal, anal and axillary cells 
imperfectly separated. Sp. P. stigmaticus, Phil. 1. c. p. 602, pi. 23. fig. 10, 
from Chili. 
Chironomus. Philippi describes C. pictipennis, punctulatus, and cburnco- 
cinctus, 1. c. p. 599 ; C. balteatus, lacteocinctus, carbo, melas, pica, delicatulus, 
and holochlorus, 1. c. p. 600 ; and C, cinereus, p. 601. 
Chironomus mstobilis. Walker, Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. p. 103, from New 
Guinea. 
Ceratopogon cliilensis, sp. n., Philippi, 1. c. p. 601, from Chili.= — Ceratopogon 
genualis, sp. n., Loew, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865, p. 128, from Cuba. 
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