from the Amazons &c, 607 



" Thorax and abdomen of same colour, a brilliant scarlet" 

 {E.E. A.). 



One specimen onlj. 



Previously in the Museum from Para. 



Genus Neocysta, Kirb. 



Neocysta attenuata. 

 Libellula attenuata, Erichs., Schomb. Brit. Guiana, iii. p. 583 (1848). 



Para, Jan. 3 and 5 ; W. end of Parana de Bujassu, 

 Jan. 15 and 16, 1896. 



Both sexes obtained ; the female differs little from the 

 male, except that the thorax is dull green instead of red. 



Genus Cannacria, Kirb. 



Cannacria Batesii. 



Cannao-ia Batesii, Kirb. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. xii. p. 341, pi. liii. 

 fig. 1, pi. Ivii. tig. 9 (18S9). 



Manaos, Feb. 14, 1896. 

 One specimen {E. E. A.). 



Genus Lepthemis, Hagen. 



Lepthemis vesiculosa. 

 Libellula vesiculosa, Fabr. Syst. Eat. p. 421. n. 7 (177o). 



Santarem, Jan. 23-31 ; Itacoatiara, Feb. 7 ; Manaos, 

 Feb. 10 ; Mosqueiro, Rio de Pard, March 8-10, 1896. 



Several specimens. A widely distributed species through- 

 out the warmer parts of America. 



Lepthemis hcematogastra. 



Libelhda Jicematogastra, Biirmeister, Handb. Eut. ii. p. 857, u. 55 (1839). 



Obydos, Feb. 2 ; Manaos, Feb. 14 ; Macapa, Feb. 25 ; 

 Mosqueiro, March 7, 1896. 



Previously in the Museum from Pard and Santarem. 



Genus Mesothemis, Hagen. 



Mesothemis attala. 

 Libellula attala, De Selys, Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 445 (1857). 

 Obydos, Feb. 2 ; Parintins, Feb. 4 ; Itacoatiara, Feb. 7 ; 

 Manaos, Feb. 14, 1896. 



