Number 96 February 19, 1921 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 

 Ann Arbor, Michigan Published by the University 



TWO NEW NEOTROPICAL GENERA OF LESTINAE 

 (ODONATA) 



By E. B. Williamson 



For many years I have had in my collection a large lestine 

 labelled Teresopolis, Santa Catharina, Brazil. I know nothing of 

 the history of this specimen, and the means by which I obtained 

 it have long since been forgotten and were unfortunately not 

 recorded on the envelope in which the specimen is preserved. 

 At different times this specimen has been studied by Mr. Kennedy 

 and myself and he has attached to it the manuscript name Super- 

 lestes which is employed in the following paper. 



Drawings of the abdominal appendages were sent to Dr. Ris 

 who identified the species as Lestes exoletus Selys. The original 

 description is certainly wrong in describing the abdomen as about 

 36 mm. in length. 



In February, 1920, the members of the University of Michigan 

 Venezuelan Expedition found a fine large lestine in the quebrada 

 opposite and across the Rio San Esteban from the old historic 

 Salom home in the village of San Esteban. This proved to belong 

 to a distinct undescribed genus which I have named Cyptolestes 



