598 Mr. W. F. Kirby on Neuroptera 



LXII. — List of the Neuroptera collected hy Mr. E. E. Austen 

 on the Amazons &c. during the recent Expedition of}[essrs. 

 Siemens Bros. Cable S.S. ' Faraday,^ loith Descriptions of 

 several new Species of Odonata {Dragonflies). By W. F. 

 KiRBY, F.L.S., F.E.S., &c. 



[Plates XII. & XIII.] 



Mr. Austen informs mo that the Dragonflies are among the 

 mo.st abundant and conspicuous insects on the Amazons. He 

 obtained a fair number of species, seven of which I have 

 ventured to describe as new in the present paper. 1 have 

 also inchided in this paper two species captured by Mr. Austen 

 in 8t. Vincent, Cape Verd Is., and have taken the opportunity 

 of describing two more Amazonian species ])reviously in the 

 collection of the British Museum, which Mr. Austen did not 

 meet with, though they seem to be not uncommon in localities 

 which he visited. Probably different species are found at 

 different times of year. The St. Vincent species, and the 

 Amazonian species here described, though not obtained by 

 Mr. Austen, are distinguished by being placed in brackets, 

 which was thought better than lioticing them separately or 

 placing them in footnotes. 



Nearly all the Dragonflies obtained were Libellulinae, 

 though one or two representatives of other families were 

 brought home. 



Among the few captures of other groups of Neuroptera 

 were one or two interesting sj)ecies of Ephemerida?. 



Table of Captures. 



St. Vincent. Amazons. New. 



Odonata. 



Libellulidoe : 



Libellulina) 2 34 6 



^schnidfe : 



Gomphina) 2 (?) 1 



yEscuninai 5 



Agriouidjc : 



Coenngrioninne — 



Pseudostipnmtina 1 



Normostisxiiiatiua 4 



Other families of Neuroptera. 



Ephcineridoe 2 



Termitida; 1 



Osniylidse 1 



