Odonata in the British Museum. 4-i7 



is, of course, entirely erroneous. The insect is, in fact, a c? 

 of the common European species j^schna cyanea, Mull., 

 which was not recognized as a distinct species until 1764. 

 It seems to have been confused by many of the older entomo- 

 logists with yjEJ.juncea, Linn., or even, as in the present case, 

 vf lih ^. grandis, Liinu. 



(10) Affrion ciliata, F. ? . Type. 

 (^ = Sapho ciliata, F.) 



Labels: — " Agrion ciliata Fabr. Sp. Ins. No. 3"; round 

 blue ticket, " ly 



Diagnosis : — "A. viridi senea, abdomine fusco, pedibus 

 ciliatis nigris. Habitat in Coromandel. Jlus. J)om. ISanka.^' 

 — F., Spec. Ins. i. p. 528, no. '6 (1781). 



Concerning this specimen De Selys wrote thus: — "J'ai 

 reconnu notre espece dans Pexemplaire type de VAgrion 

 ciliatus male, de Fabricius, qui existe encore heureusement 

 dans la collection de Jose})h Bancks, d^posee a la Societe 

 Linn^enne de Londres. Dans ses ouvrages, Fabricius in- 

 dique par erreur Coromandel comma la patiie du ciliatus, 

 niais j'ai examine avec soin l^'exemplaire type sous le rapport 

 de la reticulation, et je me suis assure qu^'lle est en tout con- 

 forme h, celle des individus de Sierra LSone" (Monogr. 

 Calopt. p. 60, 1854). Fabricius's type, however, is not a 

 male, as stated by De Selys, but a small example of the 

 female sex. The abdomen is -ll mm, in length and the hind 

 wing 37 mm. 



(11) Agrion virgo, Ij'uin. ^. 

 (= Calopteryx splendens, Harr.) 



ia&eZ:— " Agrion Virgo Fabr. Sp. Ins. p. 526. n. 1." 

 This is the common European species Calopteryx splendens, 

 Harr., which was regarded by Linnseus as meiely a form of 

 C. virgo. Fabricius apparently adopted the same view, and 

 never recognized Harris's action in 1782 in separating the two 

 forms specifically. 



(12) Agrion linearis, Y. ^ . 

 --'- — ' (^-^ Alec istog aster linearis, F.) 



Label : — " Agrion Linearis Fabr. Sp. Ins. No. 5." 



This specimen is not the type, the species having been 



described in 1776 from material in the possession of Dr. Fotlier- 



gill. The type cannot now be traced, and in its absence it is 



impossible to say precisely what Fabricius's species may be. 



