1919- ] F- F. lyAiDLAw : Indian Dragon/lies. 175 



Ischnura aurora (Brauer). 



Micronympha aurora, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. I-I-3 (1890); Jour)i. 



Linn. Soc. London, Zool., XXIV, p. 564 (1803). 

 Isclnnira aurora, Ris in Nova Caledonia, ZooL, II, 4, p. 67 (1915). 



5 (J (^, 1 ?, Nagpur, C.P., 1,000 ft., 15x11-1915 (E. D'Abreu). 

 2890 H.I. 



7 cJ^, 2 ? $, Castle Rock, N. Kanara District, Oct. 1916 (S. Kemp). 

 4377/H.i. 



In these spirit specimens the brilHant colouring is well pre- 

 served. 



To Selys' account of the male it may be added that the 

 anterior margin of the prothorax is blue, as are also the sides 

 of segment 10 of the abdomen. In all the malc^ segment 8 of the 

 abdomen is entirely blue, save for the black basal mark. 



Ris {loc. cit.) has recorded the species from New Caledonia. 



Ischnura inarmata, Calvert. 



Ischnura inar?nata, Calvert, Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Philadelphia, 1P98, 

 pp. 147, 148, text-figs. 1-2; Laidlaw, Rec. hid. Mus., XII, pp. 131-132, 

 igi6. 



8 (^cJ, 6 ? J normal; 8 $ ? heievomorphic. J helutn Valley, Kashmir, 

 c. 5,000 ft. (//. T. Pease). 



This very handsome insect is common in Kashmir in the 

 Jhelum Valley at an elevation of about 5,000 ft. above sea-level. I 

 have no doubt but that the orange-coloured females first noted b}^ 

 Morton belong to it {Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 3907, p. 307). 



Ischnura elegans has been recorded from Kashmir by Morton 

 {loc. cit.). It is of course a common Palaearctic species. 



Ischnura rufostigma, Selys. 



Micronympha rufostigma, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 143 (^1890). 

 Ischnura rufostigma, I.aidlaw, Rec. Ind. Mus., VIII, p. 3 1.4, pi. -xvl, 

 fig- 5 {'9'4)' a'ld XII, p. 130 (1916). 

 In addition to the Abor Expedition specimens I have examined 

 one female from Bengal. 



The males differ from that described by de Selys in having the 

 whole of the dorsum of segment 8 black, not merely the distal 

 half. They diiier from the closely allied species described below 

 (/. annandalei) in having segments 2 and 7 entirely orange. 



Ischnura annandalei, sp. nov. 



7 6'(^' A ? ?. ''lit- Lake, Shan States (;V. Annandale). 



Adult Male. 



Head. — Upper lip yellow with black lines at base. Ante- 

 clypeus yellow. Post clypeus black. Genae and frons as far as 

 base of antennae yellow, including the basal joint of the antennae. 

 The rest of the dorsal surface of the head black, with a very small 

 pair of greenish-blue post-ocular spots. 



