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anipion on 



aud between segments 8 and 9. Black, with yellow markings 

 on segments 2-7 as follows : — On 2 a pair of transverse 

 lines, rising npwards from the auricles, bnt not meeting 

 at the mid-dorsal carina, and a pair of transverse linear 

 spots placed immediately behind them on the dorsum ; on 3-7 

 a pair of large round or oval dorsal spots near the middle of 

 the segment, supplemented on 3 and 4 by a pair of smaller 

 rounded spots at the base. Auricles yellow. A large, erect, 

 pointed, black spine on the dorsum of 10. 



Fiff. 7. 



Syjithemis miranda, Selys, c? , allotype, 

 Anal appendages, in left profile view. 



Upper anal appendages (figs. 6 & 7) 4 mm. long ; in 

 dorsal view, broad, almost straight, with an acute internal 

 black spine at about mid-length, followed first by an 

 emargination, and then by a dilatation ; black as far as the 

 emargination, pale yellowish beyond. Lower anal appendage 

 about two-thirds as long as the upper, curving upwards 

 to the level of the superior appendages, ending in a pair of 



