84 rApril, 



Other forms mentioned by Bartenef are C. iniermeilia cecilia from 

 Telav and Signakh districts in the Caucasus, with the dark colour 

 starting considerably before the nodus ; C. amasina from Amasia, in 

 Avliioh the colour starts about the nodus, but the extreme a])ex is 

 narrow!}' hyaline ; C. taurica taiirica from the Crimea, and C. tanrica 

 ischaldirica from Kars, etc., in the Caucasus, in which the colour starts 

 beyond the nodus and is ill-detined on its distal edge and comparatively 

 small (examples from the north of Ireland and from Staffordshire rather 

 resemble these forms) ; all these have hj'aline wings in the female, and 

 so lias C. iiifei'inedia persica, in which the dark colour is still more 

 extended in the male than it is in C. intermedia cecilia, while in 

 C. intermedia intermedia the female has the wings dark from the 

 nodus. Lastly, in C. ancilla the wings in both sexes are dark except 

 about a fifth at the base in the male and rather more in the female. 

 Jiartenef was probably not fully acquainted with the variations of 

 C. splendens in Southern and Western Europe, and the status of some 

 of his forms will no doubt require some revision. These insects are evi- 

 dently very susceptible to the inttuence of climate and elevation and 

 even prone to a certain amount of variation in the same region. 



2. Lestes si^onsa Hansemann. 



1 S , June Sth ; 3 $ 5 , June 8th-3Uth, July 1st, Enzeli. " Always 

 in shade in dense woods." 



Does not appear to have been recorded previousl}"^ from the Southern 

 Caspian district. Lestes riridis, barhdj-us, and virens, also Syntpifcna 

 J'l/sca have been recorded from Lenkoran. X. sponsa has been found 

 in several localities in the Caucasus, including the Kars Govei'nment, 

 whence L. dri/as is also recorded. 



3. Platjicneinis latipes dealhata Klug. 



1 J, July 4th, Tula llud. 



llecorded from the Titlis and Kars Government, Transcaspia, and 

 Baluchistan. 



The legs in the above example have the femora more marked with 

 black than specimens from the Caucasus in my collection. 



4. Erythromma viridulum Charp. 



3 J J , June 21st, 25th, and 30th ; 1 $ , June 14th : Enzeli. 



Reported from Kuban, Kars, and Samarcand Government, 

 Turkestan. 



