Fabricius's Types of Odonata in the British Museum. 441 



tnargine apicali, pedibusque flavis ; alls hyalinis, venis fusco- 



ferriigineis. 

 2 . Mari similis ; macula flava sub ocellis, segmento dorsali secundo 



flavo, macula parva nigra utrinque, 3-5 basi anguste nigris, sexto 



ingro macula flava apicali utrinque ; alse anticae thoracis latitu- 



dine duplo et dimidium longiores. 

 Long., d 5 , 16 mm. 



(^ . Cl)-peus strongly convex, labriim flattener], no carina 

 between tlie antennse ; seventh, eighth, and ninth joints of 

 the flagellum spined beneath, apical joint curved, truncate at 

 the apex, no longer than the penultimate. Anterior femora 

 unarmed, intermediate femora very obscurely serrate ; ante- 

 rior tarsi normal, the basal joint with six spines ; intermediate 

 tibiae and tarsi normal. Second ventral segment with a 

 strong tubercle acute at the apex ; sixth ventral segment 

 with a slightly raised triangular area ; seventh dorsal 

 segment closely punctured, narrowly rounded at the apex, 

 the sides with short, stiff, black pubescence. Median cell 

 of the hind wing emitting two veins from the apex, the lower 

 vein ill-defined. Head and thorax thickly clothed with 

 grey pubescence. 



? . Middle of the second ventral segment shining, with 

 deep sparse punctures ; sixth dorsal segment subtriangular, 

 very narrowly rounded at the apex, closely punctured, with 

 stiff" setae on the sides, subcarinate longitudinally in the 

 middle. 



Ilab. S. Africa, Willowmore (Dr. H. Brauns), January 

 and February. 



The seventh ventral segment of the male has a median 

 longitudinal carina. 



This seems to be nearest to capicola, Handl., though 

 differing in the armature of the ventral segments of the male, 

 the shape and sculpture of the seventh dorsal segment, and 

 iu other smaller details. 



XLII. — On Fahrichis's Types of Odonata in the British 

 Museum {Natural History) . By Herbert Campion. 



As far as I am able to ascertain, the British Museum Collec- 

 tions include fourteen Dragonflies which have been described 

 or determined by Fabricius. All but two of them came in 

 Sir Joseph Banks^s Collection of insects, which was presented 

 by the Linnean Society in 1863. Although the welfare of 

 Ann. (& Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol xix. 29 



