SCIENTIFIC RESULTS 



OF 



THE SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



NEUROPTERA. 



BY EGBERT McLACHLAN, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



PSEUDO-NEUEOPTEEA. 



Family ODONATA. 



Sub-Fam. LIBELLULINA. 



LlBELLTJLA QTJADRIMACULATA, L. 



Two males of rather small size (expanse of wings 65 69 mm.}, from Yarkand, 22nd 

 May; indicated as " very common on the jheel (marsh)." Both pertain to thevar. prcenubila, 

 Newman, in which the apex of the wings has a fuscous spot or band ; also 1 male and 1 female 

 of the typical form from Yangihissar, in April. 



The insect is spread over all the temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere, 

 and is occasionally of migratory habits. 



Sub-Fam. .&SCHNINA. 



ANAX PARTHENOPE, De Selys. 



One ? from Srinagar, 28th July. 



A widely-distributed, but probably not very abundant, species. In Europe it extends 

 northward to Paris, and is found also in Central Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, 

 &c. ; also in Asia Minor and Western Turkestan, and in Algeria. 



This female has the wings tinged with smoky in the middle, as in the form from Algeria. 



