148 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1898. 



(=aurora Brauer), (Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. [2] xli, p. 281, 1876) 

 but differ therefrom as follows : 



S . — Pterostigma of the front wings entirely reddish, not whitish 

 at the outer end. Antennae (except the first joint which is green) 

 black. Pale postocular spots rather large, elongate. No spine near 

 the " echancrure mesothoracique." Sides of the thorax pale green, a 

 very fine black line on the second lateral suture. Abdominal seg- 

 ment 2 with a dorsal black band from base to apex ; articulations 

 between 3 and 4, 4 and 5, and 5 and 6 black, 5 with a small dorsal 

 anteapical black spot. Dorsum of 6 orange in the basal third to 

 fifth, dark metallic green for the remainder ; of 7 entirely dark 

 metallic green ; 8 and 9 blue, unspotted, dorsum of 10 black which 

 may be invaded by the blue of the sides at the middle of each side. 

 The appendages blackish ; superiors as described for delicata, infer- 

 iors pale at base, twice as long as the superiors and nearly as long 

 as 10. Figs. 1 and 2. 



9 • — Inferior side of the pterostigma as long as the costal side. 

 Head colored as in the above described males. Dorsum of abdom- 

 inal segments 1-10 dark metallic green, the articulations with nar- 

 row, yellow, transverse rings. 



Subfamily ^JSCHNINJE. 



3. Anax parthenope Selys. Figs. 3 A-E. 



Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg., vi (2), p. 389, 1839. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxvii, 

 p. 116, 1883. 



Anax bacchus Hagen, Verhdl. k. k. zool. bot. Gesell. Wien , xvii, p. 48, 



1867. 



One male, three fem- 

 ales "below 5,000 f.",one 



male "5—10,000 f." 

 Abdomen $ 9 46-49 



mm., hind wing $ 46- 



49, 9 49-51. 



Hagen described A. 



bacchus from a single 



female in his collection, 



from the Himalayas, of 



which he says that it 



"is throughout so close 



to parthenope in size, 



Fig. B. form, color and mark- 



