from the Transvaal and Nyasalaud. 243 



AZSCHNINM. 



30. Anax tristis. 

 Anax tristis, Hagen, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvii. p. 35 (1867). 



One specimen. 



Fort Johnston, Nyasaland (P. Rendall). 

 One of the largest known species of the genus. It has 

 been previously recorded from Guinea and Madagascar. 



31. Anax dorsalis. 

 jEschna dorsalis, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. p. 840. n. 17 (1839). 



Two specimens. 



Pretoria {Distant); Zoutpansberg {Kosssner). 



The specimen from Pretoria is a female and that from 

 Zoutpansberg is a male. The sexes differ little in this very 

 handsome species. 



32. Anax mauricianus. 

 Anax mauricianus, Ramb. Ins. N<5vr. p. 184 (1842). 



Three specimens. 



Two specimens from Pretoria {Distant) and one from Fort 

 Johnston, Nyasaland {P. Rendall). 



A common species in South Africa, Madagascar, 

 Mauritius, &c. 



Agrionidse. 



A GRIONIN&. 



33. Libellago caligata. 

 Libellago caligata, De Selys, Syn. Cal. p. 57 (1853) 



Seven specimens. 



Six from Pretoria {Distant) j one from Pienaars River, 

 March 1894 {Distant). 



All males. There is a pair of this species from Natal in 

 the Natural History Museum. 



C(ENA aRIONINM. 



34. Chlorolestes longicauda. 

 Agrion longicaudum, Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. p. 823. n. 26 (1839). 

 Five specimens. 



Four specimens from Barberton {P. Rendall) and one from 

 Zoutpansberg {Kcessner). 



