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8. Brechmorhoga grenadensis, sp. n. 



Long. corp. 40-42 millim. ; exp. al. 54 millim. ; long. pter. 

 2\ millim. 



Male. — Reddish brown or blackish ; head with the frontal 

 tubercle and clypeus (except at the sides below) violet-blue, 

 mouth-parts sometimes black ; thorax with an L-shaped 

 greenish band on each side above, thicker, and turned towards 

 each other; pleura with two broad greenish bands and a 

 narrow one between, which is interrupted in the middle ; 

 there are also sometimes pale spots between the wings above ; 

 behind the last broad lateral stripe is a pale spot above, and 

 a pale stripe on the median line below ; abdomen inflated at 

 base, with three pale spots on each side ; the uppermost are 

 followed by three long spots as far as the front of the fourth 

 segment ; the last is sometimes followed by a line ; on the 

 seventh segment is a reddish stripe on each side, not extending 

 to the suture either before or behind. Wings hyaline, more 

 or less tinged with yellow at the base and sometimes towards 

 the costa ; pterostigma brown or yellow, between black 

 nervures ; membranule dark grey. 



Dyihemis mendax and prcecox, Hagen, probably belong 

 either to this genus or to Macrothemis. 



Two male specimens from Grenada, nos. 106 and 119. 



9. Dythemis multipunctata, sp. n. 



Long. corp. 36-39 millim. ; exp. al. 50-56 millim. ; long. 

 pter. 3 millim. 



Reddish brown, abdomen darker; face yellow, shading into 

 rusty towards the frontal tubercle, which is violet-blue, and 

 towards the tips of the mandibles and adjacent mouth-parts, 

 which are black, as well as the centre of the labium; occiput 

 black, shining, spotted with yellow on the sides ; thorax with 

 three short yellow stripes in front, the middle one linear ; be- 

 hind each of the lateral stripes is a detached, slightly curved, 

 yellow stripe ; all the parts of the thorax on the median line 

 are yellow, and there are several yellow dots at the base of 

 the wings ; the sides of the thorax beneath the wings have 

 three alternating yellow and black stripes, the latter inclining 

 to brassy green ; in front of these is the commencement of a 

 fourth yellow stripe, followed by two small yellow spots ; the 

 middle yellow band is broken into three, the hindermost is 

 hooked at the top and is followed below by two large irregu- 

 larly-triangular spots, followed by a broad transverse semi- 

 circular mark ; abdomen with double, nearly continuous, 

 central lines on the upperside ; there are some yellow markings 



