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the resting place, whilst the wings are held slightly elevated and the 

 abdomen pointed almost perpendicularly in the air. Although common 

 where found, I have so far failed to locate its larva which is apparently a 

 ank breeder. 



Genus — Khyothemis. 



Fig. -jO. 



-Wings of 



(5 Rhijothemis variegata (X 2 -8). 



Rhyothemis, Hagen, 1867. 



Libellula, TIambur, 1842. 

 Head relatively small ; eyes broadly contiguous, the junction about equal 

 to the depth of the occipital triangle ; forehead prominent and rounded, 

 similar in both sexes ; suture deep ; vesicle large and prominent ; occiput 

 small. 



Prothorax with a small posterior lobe which is narrowly arched and ciliated 

 along its free border. 



Thorax narrow and relatively small. 



Legs long and slim, similar in the two sexes. Hind femora with a row 

 of widely-set, smallish spines and one longer one at the distal end ; mid 

 femora with longer and less numerous spines. Tibial spines numerous, 

 very fine. Claw-hooks robust, situated near the end. 



Abdomen short and compressed laterally. Somewhat fusiform in the 

 male, a little cylindrical in the female. A transverse ridge on the 4th 

 segment. 



Wings long and broad or short and broad, varying usually in the shape 

 in the sexes ; reticulation close ; generally more or less coloured with black 

 or black and yellow, the former colour with a more or less metallic reflec- 

 tion ; trigone in the forewing 3 to 4 cells beyond the line of the trigone in 

 the hind ; sectors of arc separated in the forewing, but usually joined 

 for a short distance in the hind ; arc between the 1st and 2nd antenodal 

 nervures, often opposite the 1st ; 8th nervure at the anal angle of trigone ; 

 7| to 10| antenodal nervures, the final incomplete ; base of trigone in the 

 hindwing at the arc ; 1 cubital nervure to all wings ; no accessory nervures 



