19I5.] F. F. Larmriaw ; Ortental Dragonfites. 391 
Note on the genus Protosticta. 
Seven species of this genus have been named. It ranges from 
S. India, the Himalayas and the Malay Peninsula to Borneo and to 
Celebes. The genus appears to be a specialized form derived from 
Platysticta. It is even possible that the genus is polyphyletic, 
and in support of this view one might urge that P. gravelyt bears 
a very strong resemblance to the large species of Platysticta which 
occur in Ceylon, whilst the Bornean species resemble rather the 
small Malayan Platystictas. On the other hand all the species of 
Protosticta are alike in the great relative length of the very slender 
abdomen, and generally in venation; whilst the rather large Cele- 
besian species resemble the large Ceylon Platysticta spp. 
Disparoneura quadrimaculata (Ramb.). 
Disparoneura quadrimaculata, Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg. (2) X, p. 446 
(1860). 
5 -? id., Mem. Cour. XXXVIII, p. 163 
(1836). 
Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 133 (1890). 
6510 | -) mn ey Medha, Yenna Valley, Satara district, ca, 2200 
ft., 17-iv-12 (F. H. Gravely). 
65694 1 Q (in spirit), from the same locality. 
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