296 Mr. K. J. Morton on 
tibiee and tarsi black, claws reddish with darker tips. Wings: 
costa yellow, pterostigma yellow bounded by black veins. 
Abdomen with dilated basal segments yellowish green ; 
1st above mainly black from the presence of two large spots, 
a narrow dark anterior lateral line ; 2nd above with two 
rather broad widely-separated orange bands, darker anteriorly, 
running along the whole segment (and continued on the 3rd) 
and at the posterior margin continued ventrad alongside the 
similarly coloured anterior lateral margin of the 3rd. The 
general colour of the rest of the abdomen pale greenish or 
blue-green ; 3 to 6 with narrow dark markings at distal end, 
bearing projections on each side of the dorsal carina and with 
lateral linear cephalad prolongations thereof of somewhat 
varied intensity and length—these may be interrupted in the 
middle of the segment by a vertical streak ; 7th with two 
usually roughly triangular markings at distal end; 8th a 
large triangular marking covering greater part of dorsum and 
hardly divided on the carina; 9th somewhat similar; 1Oth 
more or less dingy, sometimes definitely brownish ; foliaceous 
expansions of 7th showing darker on distal portion. Appen- 
dages yellowish. Under surface of abdomen paler, with a 
black median line. 
6. General tint darker bluish green. Differs from the 9 
in the following :—Frons more bluish white ; occiput usually 
darker, tending to blackish at the sides. Eyes a little 
darker. Thorax bluish green. Pterostigma yellowish as a 
transparency, but becomes grey. Costa pale bluish. Dilated 
segments of abdomen not yellowish but blue-green like the 
rest of the abdomen, except under surface, which is paler ; 
the markings on the 2nd and 3rd segments appear to be 
coloured similarly to those on the other segments and not 
orange. Appendages blackish. 
Anormogomphus kiritshenkoi, Bartenef, 
39,3 2 ¢, 3. vill. (Amara). Appears to have been 
taken also at Basra, but no specimens are included in thie 
collection. 
This curious little Gomphine is of a yellowish-green colour, 
becoming more decidedly yellow on the last four segments ; 
7 to 9 are gradually slightly dilated. The eyes in life are 
stated to be yellow-green slightly darker at the upper poles ; 
when dry they become dark chocolate-brown. The ocelli 
very conspicuous; dark markings otherwise practically 
confined to brown streaks on the femora and sometimes on 
the tibise ; also usually two mostly quite small dots on thie 
