Mr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. 79 



both sexes are of a clear iridescent hyaline, darkening to 

 yellowish hyaline in the female, and in the male passing on 

 through shades of brown to the deep purple, strongly suffused 

 on the hind wings with coppery red, which characterizes the 

 adult male. Fabricius's type was an adult female. 



Libellago dispar. 



Agrion dispar, Beau v. Ins. Afr. Amer. p. 85, Neur. pi. vii. fig. 2 (1805 ?). 

 Libellago dispar, Kirb. Cat. Neur. Odon. p. 112. u. 1 (1890). 



Two specimens, Sept. 13 and 21 (1899). 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 



Fig. 1. Thermorthemis Austeni, 9 , p- 72. 



Fig. 1 a. Ditto, rf, appendages of second segment. 



Fig. 2. Trithemis Kalula, $ , p. 69. 



Fig. 2 a. Ditto, c? , appendages of second segment. 



Fig. 3. Orthetrum Julia, $ , p. 75. 



Fig. 4. Apeleutherus Strachani, 2 , p. 74. 



Fig. 4 a. Ditto, c?, appendages of second segment. 



X. — Notes on the Forficularia. — V. Descriptions of neto 

 Species and a new Genus. By MALCOLM Burr, F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. 



[Plate IV. figs. 3, 5, 7.] 



Anechura ahrimanes, sp. n. (PI. IV. fig. 5.) 



Statura majore ; colore nigro, rubro-variegato ; elytra et alas per- 

 fecte explicatse ; abdomen medio paullo dilatatum, ovale ; forcipis 

 bracbia elongata, gracilia, subsinuata, intus fortiter bidentata. <5 . 

 $ ignota. 



Long, corporis 12-14*5 mm. 



,, forcipis 9 „ 



Head deep red ; eyes black ; sutures indistinct ; antennas 

 dark red (seven segments remain). 



Pronotum black, broader than the head ; anterior margin 

 straight, posterior margin rounded; the sides parallel. 



Elytra broad, finely punctulated, deep red, shaded with 

 black towards the apex and the margins. 



Wings prominent, black, with a large yellow spot near the 

 base. 



