NO. 1389. BRAGONFLIES OF B URMA AND SIAM— M'lLLIAMSON. 1 7 1 



Fig. 5. — Wixgs of muromervs lineatus from Siam. «, iMALE: h. female. 



MICROMERUS LINEATUS 



meister). 



Bur- 



Material studied: Trong, Lower Siam, 

 collection U.S.N.M., 25 males, 34 fe- 

 males. Bvirma, collection P. A. N. S., 

 4 males; collection Williamson, 2 

 males. 



Abdomen with the pale areas more ex- 

 tensive in younger individuals. De 

 Selys has questioned the specific distinct- 

 ness of J/, ohscuriis Kirby from Hassan 

 Abdal. The dull coloration of the l)ody 

 and basal coloration of the wings in 

 Kirb3^'s specimen certainly indicate a 

 teneral condition, but in the material 

 examined by myself, though a numl)er 

 are very teneral, in all the color pattern 

 of the abdomen indicated in ni}- figures 

 is plainly discernible. So far as 1 am 

 able to judge from Kirby \s figure and 

 description, ohscurus seems distinct from 

 Uneattis^ though it may not be different 

 from some of the species with abdo- 

 mens largely pale in color. M. line- 

 atus has hitherto ])een recorded from 

 Penang, Java, Burma, Ceylon, and 

 India. 



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Fig. 0. — Color pattern of the dor- 

 sum OF ABDOMEN OF MICROMERIIS LIN- 

 EATUS FROM SlAM. a, TENERAL MALE; 

 b, MATURE MALE. 



