18 NEW ZEALAND NEUROPTERA. 



oreillettes scarcely evident. Superior anal appendages sub-cylindrical, dark 

 brown, double the length of the tenth segment, without any tooth, slightly 

 bent inwardly and curved outwardly in the second half, where there is 

 a slight dilatation outwardly, the apex blunt. Inferior appendage one- 

 quarter shorter, regularly attenuated, the extremity slender, truncated, 

 slightly elevated. Length of the abdomen, 40 mm. ; of the hind-wings,. 

 36 mm. 



" Female differs from the male in having a broad spot of yellowish-white 

 below the pterostigma ; 7 or 8 ante-nodals in the fore-wing and 5 or (5 in the 

 hind, (5 or 7 post-nodals in the fore-wing and 8 or 9 in the hind (the right and 

 left wings often different). Legs black, the proximal halves of the femora 

 brown below. Anal appendages as in S. smithii. Length, .50 mm. ; of 

 abdomen, 36 mm. ; of fore-wing, 37 mm. ; of hind-wing, 3(> mm. 



" Locality. —Canterbury " (Hutton). 



I am unacquainted with this species. 



Tribe ^SCHNINA. 



" Eyes large and contiguous. Apices of the triangles of all the wings, 

 directed outwards ; the quadrangle with transverse nervules." 



Genus ^ESCHNA, Fabricius. 



" Eyes sinuated behind. The inferior appendage generally entire, some- 

 times quadrifid. Anal margin of the hind-wings of the male generally pro- 

 jecting, with the posterior margin sinuated. 



"Distribution. — Widely spread in both hemispheres " (Hutton). 



.ESCHNA BEEYISTYLA. 



xEschna brevistyla, Rambur, Hist. Nevropteres,. 

 p. 205 (1842). 



(Plate IV., fig. 5.) 



This handsome dragon-fly has occurred at Auckland,. 

 Kawhia, Rotorua, and Levin in the North Island, and in 

 the Canterbury District in the South Island. It is, how- 

 ever, a very rare species in New Zealand. 



The expansion of the wings is 3| inches, and the length of the body 

 2| inches. 



The general colour of the body is dark reddish-brown with bright yellow 

 and blue markings. There is a broad yellow stripe on each side of the thorax, 

 and two fine oblique stripes on the back of the mesothorax ; there is a 

 number of small blue marks at the base of the wings. The abdomen is much 

 inflated at the base and then constricted ; the inflated portion has one central 

 and two lateral yellow marks, and a very broad bright blue band, followed by 

 a black band just before the constriction. The rest of the abdomen is reddish- 

 brown with numerous yellow stripes and spots. The wings are slightly 

 tinged with reddish, the veins are brown and the pterostigma is black. The 

 superior anal appendages are narrow in the male, those of the female are. 

 very short. 



