236 Mr. W. F. Kirby on Dragonjlies 



tapering. Wings with the sectors of the arculus stalked ; 

 no supra-triangular nervules ; one cross-nervule only in the 

 lower basal cell ; nodal sector very slightly waved. Fore 

 wings with the triangle traversed, followed by three rows 

 of cells, only increasing to four towards the extremity, three 

 cells in the subtriangular space. Hind wings much broader 

 than the fore wings, the triangle free, its base slightly nearer 

 the base of the wing than the arculus. On the fore wings 

 the arculus lies between the first and second antenodal cross- 

 nervules, on the hind wings it lies just within the level of 

 the second. Sectors of the arculus slightly separated at the 

 base on both the fore and hind wings. 



Agrees with Cordulwps, Karsch, in many of its chax-acters ; 

 but in Corduliops the triangle of the fore wings shows a 

 tendency to become trapeziform, and the hind wings are not 

 narrower than the fore wings. 



18. Stcechia Dtstanti, sp. n. 



Two specimens. 



Pretoria [Distant). 



Long. Corp., c? 36 millim., ? 34 millim. ; exp. al., J" 59 

 millim., ? 56 millim. ; long, pter, 3 millim. 



Male. — Inky black, front and frontal tubercle rich purple, 

 the former edged below with buff; a very large orange spot 

 on each side of the face within the lower part of each eye. 

 Occiput black, hinder orbits orange, divided by a black spot. 

 Legs black, front femora streaked with yellow to beyond the 

 middle. Wings clear hyaline, only marked with smoky 

 yellow at the base of the hind wings ; nervures black ; fore 

 wings with 12 or 13 antenodal and 9 or 10 postnodal cross- 

 nervules. Pterostigma thick, dark brown, with a reddish 

 line at each extremity, covering about 3^ cells. Hind wings 

 with 9 or 10 antenodal aiid 11 postnodal cross-nervules. 

 Anal appendages about as long as the eighth segment. Ap- 

 pendages of the second segment very prominent and clearly 

 defined ; anterior lamina short, hamule strongly hooked, 

 genital lobe curved, oblique, slender, a little shorter than the 

 hamule. 



Female. — Orange. Head with the depression below the 

 frontal tubercle and the middle of the mentum black ; occiput 

 black, the hinder orbits yellow, marked Avith two black spots 

 on each side. Prothorax transversely banded with black; 

 mesothorax with a broad blackish central band, narrowed 

 behind and bisected by a yellow line ; this is connected in 

 front with a double black stripe on each shoulder, divided by 



