NEW DRA GON-FL Y NYMPHS— NEKhl I . I M. (V.Jf) 



good; :in(l othor spccie.s arc so vory similar, tlicrc is little u-c in 

 tU'tailt'd (U'^criptions or all parts. The (litiorciu'es arc cbictlv in size, 

 form of median and lateral lobes of the labium, and in the relative 

 lengths of the lateral spines and appendages of the abdomen. The 

 descriptions of the two following species will therefore ])e confined to 

 a statement of those characters in which specitic differences have been 

 observed. 



ANAX LONGIPES Hagen ? 



A single huge cast skin from Jamaica, collected by Hubbard and 

 Schwarz, is here referred h\ supposition to this species. There is in 

 this case, however, no satisfactory assurance that the reference is 

 correct. 



Length, 55 mm.; abdomen, ?>\'i nun.: hind fennir, 11 mm.: width of 

 head, 10 mm. ; of abdomen, 10.5 uun. The color pattern is well shown, 

 even in this cast skin (Plate XL, tig. 1). The labium is as in Aruw 

 Junius^ with rather prominent median labe, divided to the base ])y an 

 almost completely closed median cleft. The superior margin of the 

 superior al)dominal appendage is distinctly more convex than in A. 

 jimhis. and the lateral appendages are a little longer, being half as 

 long as the superior — a little less than half as long in ^1. jnn/UK. 



ANAX GUTTATUS Burmeister ?. 

 I'late XL, fig. 2. 



A number of nymphs from Buitenzorg, Java, collected by D. G. 

 Fairciiild, ])etween April and December. 189G. all piniu-d. and some in 

 bad condition. 



The largest, apparently not fully grown, measures in total length 

 ■12 mm., abdomen 27 mm., hind femur 9 mm.; width of head i>mm., 

 of abdomen 10 nun. There is less development of color pattern in 

 this species. The labium is similar as to its median lo})e, but the end 

 of the lateral lobe is less truncated, more rounded externally, and the 

 rather stouter end hook, instead of being pointed directly ])ackward. is 

 inclined toward the opposite side of the l)ody. The upper line of the 

 superior appendage is very slightly convex, and the appendages are 

 all rather shorter and stouter than in the preceding species. 



The reason for referring the nymphs to this species is tlint this 

 appears to be the conunon species of the East Indies, and the only one 

 knowni from this locality. I am una((|U!iinted with the :i<lult. 



iESCHNA GALAPAGOENSIS Currie. 



riate X L, fig. .S. 



There are a few interesting little nymphs of this species, the largest 



of them hardly more than half grown, from Chatham Island ((bda- 



pagos), collected in 1S91 by Dr. (J. Baur and beaiing the V . S. Nation:d 



