CATALOGUE 



NEUROPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Sub-ovcler6. ODONATA. 



Odonata, Fahr. 

 Subulicornia, p., Lair, 

 Libellulina, MacLeay ; Steph. 

 Libellula, Linn. 



Alee ffiCjuales, basi non avticulatae. Tarsi plusquam Iriarticu- 

 lati. Antenna) brevissimie, sctifornies, articulis paucis. Mandi- 

 bulae et maxillae magna^ validissime dentatae. 



I am indebted to the kindness of M. le Baron De Selys Long- 

 champs for nearly all ihe following descriptions, which are trans- 

 lated from the MSS. which he gave me. 



Fam. 1. AGRIONID^. 



Palpi labiales inarticulati, ant labium lobis lateralibus. Oculi 

 valde remoti, aut petiolati. 

 Agrionidse, Leach ; Steph. ; Dc Selys. 

 Agrionidcs, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Lns. Neur. 215. 

 Agrion, Fabr. ; Latr. ; Vanderl. 



Occiput narrow, linear : eyes very small, as regards the tribe, 

 far apart, as if pediculate : ocelli seated in a triangle round the 

 slightly elevated vertex : anteniue inserted quite beneath the ocelli ; 

 1st joint long, incnmbent on tlie head ; '2nd generally very long, 

 upright: labium large, divided into 2 jiarls which are reunited by 

 a sometimes obsolete membrane, or more geuerallv do not extend to 



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