54 NEUROPTERA. 



27. M. grandis, L. ; Revue, p. 131. Charp., pi. 24. 

 Length 32 Jin. ; exp. 44 lin. 



Habitat England, Scotland, Ireland, generally. 



Reddish ; thorax with two yellow bands at the sides, 

 immaculate in front ; abdomen cylindrical, coarctate 

 behind the base in the male, slightly spotted with 

 blue; wings of a reddish yellow ; pterostigma more 

 rufescent ; anal appendages of the male long, leaf- 

 like, their end obtuse; accessory membrane yellowish 

 white. 



28. M. rufescens, Vander Lind. ; Steph. ; Revue, p. 129. 



Charp. pi. 25. 



Length 30 lin. ; exp. 40 lin. 



Habitat England, local in the South. 



Reddish, thorax with two yellow bands at the sides, 

 immaculate in front ; abdomen cylindrical, coarctate 

 behind the base in the male ; a triangular basal yellow 

 sjwt above, the rest of the ground colour, unspotted ; 

 wings hyaline, the base a little reddish ; pterostigma 

 fulvous ; accessory membrane large, brown ; anal ap- 

 pendages of the male long, leaf-like, the end obtuse ; 

 a basal tubercle beneath. 



B. Anal angle of the posterior wings rounded in 



BOTH SEXES. 



Genus Anax, Leach. 



29. A. formosus, Vander Lind. ; Steph. ; Revue, p. 110. 



Charp. pi. 18. 



Length 34 lin. ; exp. 46 lin. 



Habitat England, local in the South. 



Large ; thorax green ; abdomen broad, depressed, blue 

 with a dorsal black band ; front with a black spot 

 encircled with blue ; wings broad, pterostigma small ; 



