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64. Libellula testacea B. P. 859. [Orthefntm.] 



fulvo-testacea, alls in basi fulvis ; venis stig-matibusque nig-ris. 

 Long. 1" 10'". 1 

 Von Java, in v. Winthem's Sammlung- ; 



One male in the M. C. Z. with the pin-hibels " Winthem" (printed), 

 " L. testacea * Burm. Java' ' (written, but without border). Although 

 B.'s description quoted has "venis stigniatibusque nigris", this male 

 has the costa as far as the pterostigma and most of the antenodals in 

 both costal and subcostal spaces yellowish ; pterostigma ochre-brown. 

 The yellow at the base of the front wings extends out to a little farther 

 than the level of the first postcoital cell, on the hind wings to the 

 first antenodal and the distal subbasal sector (Kirby). In otlier 

 respects it agrees with de Selys' brief description (l. c. p. 463, 1889). 



65. Libelliila Aurora B. P. 859. [Trithemis.] 



rufo-fulva, alis omnibus in basi fulvis, venis sang'uineis, stig-matibus 

 minoribus fuscis. Long-, li"- % ■ 



Von Manilla, in v. Winthem's Sammlung-. Hat ganz die Statur der 

 vorig-en Art, ist jedoch viel kleiner und rothlicher. 



Two males in the M. C. Z. One with the pin-labels " Winthem" 

 (printed), "Aurora * Br. Manilla' (written, see fig. F, page 30), 

 is referred to below as the " labeled type" ; the other with merely 

 the printed pin label " Winthem" ' is the "unlabeled type". The 

 following description is based on both. 



% (types). Frons red in front, metallic violet above, nasus red, rliinarinin 

 and lahriun olivaceous, the latter with a round black spot at the middle of its 

 free margin, but not reaching to the base ; labium luteous, middle lobe black, 

 inner (mesal) margins of the lateral lobes narrowly edged with black : vertex, 

 lost in the labeled type, metallic violet, tip slightly concave, occiput luteous, rear 

 of eyes yellow with two black spots. 



Prothorax reddish, hind lobe narrower than the others, semicircular, hind mar- 

 gin entire. Thorax and abdomen reddish, and pruinose in the labeled type, with 

 black lines on the humeral and lateral thoracic sutures, a curved stripe on the 

 pectus immediately in contact with the latero-ventral metathoracic carina, uniting 

 with its fellow of the opposite side at its posterior end. its anterior end stopping 

 at the third coxa; the pectus has therefore a black ring open only for a very 

 short interval anteriorly. 



Feet luteous or reddish ; first femora superiorly, all of second and third femora, 

 tibije inferiorly and tarsi black. 



Abdomen widest at apex of 6 (3 mm. ; at 2, 2 mm. ; at 4, 2 mm. ; at 10, 1.25 mm.), 

 unspotted except for the articulation 9-10 and the sterna, which are iilack. 



Superior appendages with their extreme tips acute, as long as 9, red, nearly 

 straight viewed from above, viewed in profile arched in their basal half, nearly 

 straight in their apical half, thicker in the third fourth, where there is a row of 

 four denticles on the inferior surface. Inferior appendage reaching distinctly 

 beyond these denticles, triangular, about one and two-thirds times as long as 

 greatest width (at ba.se). 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXV. (12) SEPTEMBER. 1898. 



