1920.] F. F. Laidlaw : Indian Dragon/lies. 153 



ments i and 2 are pale yellow at the sides underneath ; whilst 

 3-7 have the same parts greenish- white. Segment 7 has indica- 

 tions of a black median dorsal line, and 2-7 each have a fine pair 

 of transversely placed black spots on either side of the mid-dorsal 

 line, about one millimetre proximal to the apex of the segment. 

 On 8, 9 and 10 the dorsal colouring becomes paler fading almost 

 to white on segment 10, but each of these segments has a well- 

 marked longitudinal black line above. Anal appendages white. 



Legs as in the male. 



This species is closely allied to Lestes umhrina, Selys, both in 

 the general whig structure, and in the colour pattern of the female, 

 as well as by the structure of the anal appendages of the male. 



6. Lestes viridula, Ramb. f 

 (PI. V, fig. 4). 



Lestes viridtiliis, I\irby, Cat. Odonata, p. 163. 



I & For. Zool. Coll. Gondumri, Bhandara,C. P., i-xii-i2 [A. 



D. Imms), ''in jungle." 

 I $ (imperfect). Mowai, Bara Banki, United Prov., 2-x-io 



(M. M. Khan) ^-^• 



The species is characterized by the narrow green band on 

 either side of the mid-dorsal carina of the synthorax, and by the 

 angular 'elbow' of the anal appendage of the male (PI. V, fig. 4), 



7. Lestes elata, Selys. f 

 (PI. V, fig. 5 and text fig. 2). 



Lestes elatus, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 162. 



,, ,. id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1891, p. 203. 



,, id. Jonrn. Linn. Soc. Zool. XXIV, p. 565 (1893I. 



I ? Barkul, Orissa, 100 ft. 1-3— viii-14, F.H.G.^. 

 I rf ad. I 5 juv. Bangalore, Mysore, ca. 3000 ft., 4-6-X-16 ; 



N.A. 

 I cf 3 $ 9 immature, 2 larvae, Bangalore, Mysore, ca. 3,000 

 ft. 4-6-x 16. N.A. 

 "Adults from edge of small ditch, larvae from ditch; no 

 other species seen in vicinit}'." 



Recorded from Ceylon (Kirby) 

 and Tranquebar, Madras Presi- 

 dency (Selys). Apparently wide- 

 ly distributed in peninsular In- 

 dia. 



I have been able to examine 

 Kirby 's specimens in the British 

 Museum. They agree closeh' 

 with those now before me. The .,, ,,,, , 



- ,.,_._., , 1 EXT-FiG. 2.— Ihoracic colour pat- 



vanation of which Kirby speaks tern of L. elata, Selys 9, Bangalore. 

 {loc. cit. 93) is evidently a mat- 



