Mr. W. L"'. \\\\\)y on Odondta from Sinrra fjiionc. ti7 



Llolus pythia, sp. ii. 



Mule. — lloatl, collar, and tc<^iil;i! pale i^rt^yi.sli fa>vii-coloiif ; 

 antciuite fa\vii-ci)lour, tlic tips wljitt;; abdomen yellow, the 

 umlcrskle white, tiie anal sc^iii ;iit pale j^ieyisli (awn-eolour ; 

 le;^.s white. Primaries scmihyaliiie yellowish whito, the 

 basal half of the wing pale greyish fawn-colour, with several 

 yellowish-brown spots along the inner margin ; a large, round, 

 pale greyish fawn-coloured spot with an indistinct darker 

 brown centre close to the apex : secondaries seniihyalinc 

 yellowish white, dark yellow along the inner m irgin. 



Kxpanse 1| inch. 



Hub. Bolivia, Songo [Mas. Drace). 



Opharus amata^ sp. ii. 



Female. — Head, antennre, collar, tegnho, thorax, ablouDn, 

 and legs black ; abdomen banded with yellow. Primaries 

 olive-brown, palest at the base and along the costal margin, 

 the veins black ; a rather large indistinct blackish spot at the 

 end of the cell : secondaries semihyaline brownish black, tiie 

 fringe dark brown. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



JIab. Venezuela {Mas. Druce). 



IX. — Report on the Neuroptera Odonald coUecte i bj Mr. E. B. 

 Austen at Sierra Leone during Aujast and September 1899. 

 ByW. F. KiRBY, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



[Plate II.] 



During Mr. Austen's visit to Sierra Leone, as a member of 

 Major Ross's (expedition to inquire into the connexion between 

 mosquitos and malaria, he collected a considerable number of 

 dragonriies; but as he captured long series whenever he was 

 able, the number of distinct species oljtained amounted only 

 to eighteen. However, I am able to describe seven newspecies 

 in the present paper, two of which I have made the types of 

 new genera. 1 should also mention that s|)ecimens of most of 

 these have been in the Museum for some time, but have not 

 previously been described. 



In place of quoting full synonymy in the present paper, I 

 generally confine n)yself to ([uoting references to the original 



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