Odunatct from Me>:opotaima. 2i>9 



1 cJ, 1^8. iv. 1918; 2 ? ? , 23. iii., 15. v. 1918 (Amara) ; 

 1 (J, 7 ? ? , 2(5-2'J.iii.l<Jli) (Basnv) (/i^'ra//.^). 



Like a small C. erythrcea, but with the venation opener, 

 and except at the extreme base almost entirely black ; ante- 

 liumeral lines and pale inter-alar line not noticeable in the 

 material examined ; no trace o£ yellow in the tore-wings ; 

 basal patch in hind wings small, sometimes traces of yellow in 

 the basal cellule between Sc and 11 + M, yellow not extending 

 beyond Cuq and the inner boundary ot anal loop and hardly 

 to the anal angle. In discoidul field of fore-wings usually 

 only two rows of cells near the triangle : in four males and 

 females, cells between M* and Cu^ 



, J, 22232 22223 22223 /r)N 3222 3 /. .^^..^X 



O O- 22222 • 22222 ' 22223^"'^°''*/' 32223 v"'"/* 



O p 32^3 3 22223 32223 22233 



++• 3223 3 •22223"322a3 22233 



Anq. c? c?, 71.7^-7^.8 -8i.8i 8i.8i. 

 ? ? , 7i . 8 -7 . ^l-^ . Si, 7i . 7|. 



Pterostigraa 2|-3 mm. Length of hind wing about 25 J*, 

 20) mm. ? . 



The following remarks on the colours are mainly from 

 Brewitt-Taylor's notes on the living insects: — 



<^ (adult). Eyes: upper two-thirds cherry-red, blue below. 

 Face brick-red; mandibles dirty yellow. Thorax olive-brown, 

 legs concolorous. Abdomen above glowing cherry-red ; seg- 

 ments 8-9 on the dorsal carina with black markings which 

 are broadest posteriorly ; appendages brick-red, paler at the 

 tips; ventral surface dirty reddish yellow with black median 

 line. 



? (juv.). Eyes above red-brown, lower part bluish ; face 

 ])inkish, mandibles white. Thorax pale brown above, whitish 

 beneath. Abdomen pinkish brown with fine black carina, 

 markings above-mentioned distinct on 8-9 ; segments finely 

 margined with black lines and a small black dot on each side 

 of dorsal carina on posterior part of 4-7 ; segment 10 and 

 appendages pinkish brown, underside pale pink with blaek 

 median line. 



(B,-T. adds that the ? does not difl'er much from the ^ , 

 but is perhaps a little more salmon-pink in colour. There 

 seems, however, to have been some confusion with regard to 

 the sex of some of his younger specimens.) 



$ (more adult). Eyes : upper half dark red-brown, lower 

 part bluish. Face brownish, lower part whitish ; thorax 

 olivaceous, sides bluish (? slightly j)ruinosc) ; abdomen above 



