56 NEUROPTERA. 



Second division. Two antecubital nervures. 



Sixth sub-family. Small species. AGRIONINA. 



A. Tibi^: dilated. 



Genus Platycnemis, Charp. 



32. P. pennipes, Pallas ; (platypoda, Steph. ; auctorum) ; 



Revue, p. 168. Charp. pi. 43. 



Length 12 lin. ; exp. 16 lin. 



Habitat England, Scotland. 



White or blue ( $ ) and green ( $ ) ; streaked with dull 

 bronzed green : a band on the top of the head between 

 the eyes, two anterior bands, and two lateral lines ; 

 abdomen with double black dorsal line, or two black 

 dots at the hinder edge of each segment ; the four 

 posterior tibiae dilated, whitish ; pterostigma fulvous. 



B. Tibije cylindrical. 

 a. Pterostigma large, oblong. 



Genus Lestes, Leach. 

 f. Back of the head bronzed. 



33. L. viridis, Vander Lind. {not of English authors')', 



Revue, p. 148. Charp. pi. 35. 



Length 15 lin. ; exp. 18 lin. 



Habitat England? (One in the collection of Mr. 

 Evans). 



Bronzed green, long and slender ; thorax with three fine 

 yellow lines in front ; pterostigma large, light reddish ; 

 upper anal appendages like pincers, with a basal 

 tooth, and a tubercle inside before the end ; the lower 

 ones very short, conical, almost contiguous. 



