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thus described : — rt T§te d'un noir-violet metallique ; une 

 taclie jaunatresur la levre inferieure, une bande transverse de 

 m§me couleur au front." 



I have no specimens of R. separata to compare. 



5. PaJpopleura lucia. 

 Libellula lucia, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. ii. pi. xlv. fig. 1 (1773). 



Four specimens. 



cS , Pretoria (Distant) ; 1 ? , Zoutpansberg (Kwssner) ; 

 ? , Durban, March 1896 {Distant) ; 1 ? , Delagoa Bay 

 {Distant). 



A common species in most parts of Africa. 



The female varies in the intensity of the yellow suffusion, 

 and in the width of the dusky markings. 



6. JPalpopleura jucunda. 



Talpopleura jucunda, Ramb. Ins. Ne>r. p. 134 (1842). 



Five specimens. 



Pretoria (Distant). One specimen is dated October 1895. 

 There are specimens in the Natural History Museum from 

 Knysna and Delagoa Bay. 



7. Sympetrum Fonscolombei. 

 Libellula Fonscolombei, De Selys, Mon. Lib. Eur. p. 49 (1840). 



Five specimens. 



Three from Pretoria (Distant), one dated Aug. 26, 1894; 

 one from Zoutpansberg (K&ssner) ; and one without locality. 



This species is rare in Central Europe, where it reaches 

 the northern extremity of its range, but is common in Southern 

 Europe, Africa, and Central and Western Asia as far as 

 North India. 



8. Trithemis arteriosa. 

 Libellula arteriosa, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. p. 850. n. 14 (1839). 



Two specimens — one from Fort Johnston, Nyasaland 

 (P. Rendall), and one from Pretoria (Distant). 



A common African species, extending to the Canaries and 

 Aden. 



9. Trithemis rubrinervis. 



Libellula rubrinervis, De Selys, Rev. Zool. Cuver. 1841, p. 244. 



Four specimens. 



Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (P. Rendall). 



Found throughout Africa and also in Sicily and Syria. 



