62 burmeister's odonata. 



" Winthera" ; it may or may not have been seen by B. See also 

 the note under No. 3. 



5. liibelliila tessellata B. P. 849. [Blncrothemis f] 

 Aus Brasilien ; in Sommer's Sammlung. 



I have not seen the type, which (a single individual; is in the 

 Hofmuseum at Vienna, according to Prof. Brauer.f 



Specimens identified, although not labeled, by Dr. Hagen as of 

 this species are in the M. C. Z., and they are described in the paper 

 mentioned under No. 3, page 321. 



6. Liibellula hieinatodeN B. P. 849. [Sympetrum.] 

 obscure-sanguinea, thorace subtus testaceo ; alarum venis san- 



guineis, stig-matibus et posticarum basi fulvis. Long. 1'". 



Aus Neu-Holland, ein Mannchen in GerOiar's Sammlung ; unmit- 

 telbar an der Hypotenuse liegen drei Zellen. 



Belongs to the group Mit z'wei Zellenreihen hinter dem Dreieck der 

 Vorderfliigel, das Dreieck Iflein, ohne Querader, die Fliigelzellen 

 gross. 



One male below the purple drawer-label " hjematodes Burm. Holl. 

 nov." in B.'s hand, at Halle; no pin-labels. I would have had no 

 doubt that this was the type, were it not that the triangle of the 

 front wings has one cross vein. Can B. have made a mistake and 

 wrongly placed haematodes in this group ? 



A description follows : 



% type? Vertex, frons, clypeus, labriim and occiput bright red. Vertex bifid 

 at tip. Eyes in contact for a distance less than the antero-posterior dimension 

 of occiput. Labium and rear of head luteous. 



Prothorax luteous. Hind lobe red, as wide as any other prothoracic lobe, dis- 

 tinctly bilobed. 



Dorsum of thorax red, sides and pectus luteous: upper ends of humeral and 

 second lateral sutures with a narrow black line each. 



Feet reddish-luteous, femora with a superior dark line, double on the third ; 

 third tibise with 12 anterior, 16 posterior slender spines. 



Abdomen, viewed from above, tapering very gradually from base to apex, 

 bright red above, inclining towards luteous below, unspotted except for a double 

 basal black spot on 1. 



Superior appendages as long as 8, longer than 9 or 10, red, almost straight, apex 

 acute, third fourth with an inferior row of about 8 dentictles arranged in a curved 

 line whose convexity is outwards (viewed from below). Inferior appendage 

 about one-fifth shorter than superiors, luteous, triangular. 



Genitalia of 2 not prominent. Anterior lamina less prominent than hamule 

 and the latter than genital lobe. Anterior lamina somewhat bilobed at tip. 

 Hamule bifid in its apical half, branches equal, inner branch slender, hook-like, 



t Letter of July 15, 1898. 



