88 Records of the Indian Mjiseuiu. rVoi<. XXII, 



Aeschna mixta. 



Aesdina coliiberculiis, Kirby. Cat. Odonata, p. !S;. 



Aeschna mixta. Marti'i, Cat. Coll. .Seivs Aeschiiimie. p. 42. fig-. 38. 



2 9 5. Kashmir. 4319/H1. 



This is an addition to the known fauna of Kashmir. Mr. ^lorton 

 has kindly examined one of the specimens for me and tells me 

 that it cannot be separated from European examples of the 

 species. 



Aeschna erythromelas, Maclachlan. 



(Tr.x i-l'K.. 4. ! 



Aeschna erythi'omelas. MaclTchlan, Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist. 161. W'll, 



p. 4ig (189O). 

 Aeschna eiytlironielas. Martin. Cat. Col!. .Selvs Aeschuinae. p. 62, 

 fig- 5«. 

 2 2 2 I o» . Gopaldhara, Darjihng District (per H. Stevens). 

 Maclachlan {loc. cit.) has noted the character of the den- 



tigerous plate of which I give a figure 



n (text-fig. 4). Perhaps with A. orni- 



thocephala, Macl it may require to 

 be placed in a special section of 

 the genus on account of this char- 

 acter. It is a magnificent species 

 KiG. 4.~Aeschnn erytliro- of great size and (in the case of the 



melas ?. female at anv rate) of striking colora- 



Apc.\ of dtntiijcrous plate. . • 



I,ength of abdomen, o" 62 -(-5 5 mm., 9 59 mm. 



,, of hinder-wing, & 53 mm., 9 56-5 mm. 

 The anal appendages as in the case of the next species are 

 small and pointed in the female. 



Aeschna ornithocephala, Maclachlan. 



.Aeschna ornittiocephala. Maclachlan, jlnn. Mag. Sat. Hist. (Ci. XVII. 



p. .:i68 (1896). 

 .-leschna ornithocephala. Marlin, Cat. Coll. Selvi .^eschnmae, p. (i,^, 

 fi,?- 59- 

 r cf . Nam Ting Pokri , Sendim Spur, Sitong 4,000 ft. 3007/H r 

 (teneral). 



1 cr- I 2 . same locality, Oct. 22, 1917. 8005 Hi. 



2 9 2. same locality and date. 8006/Hi. 



I 9 . .same localit}- and date. 7574/Hi (teneral). 



I 2 . same locality and date. 7570/H1 (adult). 



Dr. Annandale has sent me the following interesting note on 

 this species, "A number of females were observed ovipositing (in 

 October, after the rains) in a bank of fairh' dry earth at the edge of 

 the lake, one or two feet above the waterlevel. After hovering, with 

 a buzzing sound, a few inches off the bank for some seconds they 

 settled upon it with the head uppermost. The body was raised 

 on the legs, but the tihio-femoral joint was flexed. The abdomen 



