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XVIII. Odonata collected by Lr.-COLONEL NURSE, chiefly 
in North - Western India. By KENNETH J, 
Morton, F.E.S. 
[Read April 10th, 1907.] 
PLATE XXIV. 
I Am indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Nurse for allowing me 
to examine a collection of Odonata made by him chietly in 
North-Western India. The localities whence the insects 
came are Deesa in the province of Gujerat, Quetta, Kash- 
mir, and there is one species each from Simla and from 
Lahi in Arabia. The collection is of special interest on 
account of the presence, amongst the material from Quetta 
and Kashmir, of a number of species characteristic of the 
Mediterranean region, and even of some which are of more 
northerly type. ‘The species from Deesa are more tropical 
In character. 
In connection with the Lzbellulinw I have had the 
benefit of invaluable assistance from Dr. Ris, all the 
more important species in that sub-family having been 
determined or verified by him, and he also gave me much 
general information concerning them. 
In dealing with the smaller species I have thought it 
indispensable to give figures of the appendages of the 
species I have described as new. To these I have added 
figures of some others, which I have referred to Selysian 
species, in order that there may be no uncertainty about 
the identity of the species I had before me. 
LIBELLULIN&. 
Sympetrum fonscolombii, Selys—Quetta, July ; Kashmir, 
5000-6000 ft., June. A wide-ranging species which does 
not appear to ‘tend to split up into ; geographical races. 
S. decolorata, Selys——A very interesting series from 
Quetta in June. Dr. Ris assures me these conform to 
the types of decolorata in the Selys Collection, although 
it was there mixed with specimens of meridionalis and 
pale-coloured striolatwm. Quite distinct-looking from 
vulgatum, which it probably entirely replaces in the area 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1907.—PART II. (SEPT.) 
