604 Mr. W. F. Kiiby on Neuroptera 



Macapa, Feb. 25 ; Chaves, Feb. 27 ; Breves, March 1 ; 

 Mosqueiro, Rio de Pard, March 6, 1896. 



Several specimens of this common and rather variable 

 species. 



[Genus Ckocothemis, Brauer. 

 Crocothemis erythrcva. 



LibeUuIa en/fhrcea, Brull6, Exp6d. de Mort^e, iii. (1) p. 102, pi. xxxii. 



fig. 4 (1862). 



Porto Grande, St. Vincent, Cape Verd Is., Dec. 26, 1895. 

 Three tine males and one female. A well-known South- 

 European species.] 



Genus Orthemis, Ilagen. 



Orthemis ferruginea. 

 Ltbclltda ferruginca, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 423, n. 19 (1775). 



Breves, Jan. 13 ; W. end of Parang de Buyassu, Jan. 16 ; 

 Obydos, Feb. 2; Manaos, Feb. 11. 



The specimen (male) from Breves bears a label — " Colour 

 of living insect : thorax plum-purple, abdomen deep scarlet. 

 Only found over swampy ground ; common, but very wary 

 and difficult to catch. — E. E. A^ 



A common species throughout the warmer parts of America. 



Genus Anatya, Kirb. 

 Anatya guttata. 



Libelhdu guttata, Ericlis. Scliomb. Brit. Guiana, iii, p. 684 (1848), 

 A)iati/a anomala, Kirb. Trans. Zool, Soc, Lond. xii. p. .'538, pi. liii. 

 fig. U, pi. Ivii. fig. 7 (1880), 



W. end of Parana de Buyassu, Jan. 19, 1896 ; Guruptl, 

 Feb. 22, 1896. 



A damaged pair, taken in coitHj from the first locality ; 

 one specimen from the latter. 



Genus Uracis, Ramb. 



Uraci's hnhuta. 

 LibeUula imhuta, Biirm. Ilandb. Ent. ii. p. 850. n, 9 (1839). 



Two miles below Pard (the commonest species), Jan. 7 ; 

 Breves, Jan. 13, 1896, 



I'hc male of this species is ])ulverulent blue, with the head 

 black and only the lower mouth-parts testaceous, but the 

 occipital triangle is smooth and red. The wings are tipped 



