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8. BrechmorJioga grenadensis, sp. n. 



Lon^. Corp. 40-42 millim. ; exp. al. 54 millim. ; long. pter. 

 2-| millim. 



Male. — Reddish brown or blackish ; head with the frontal 

 tubercle and clypeus (except at the sides below) violet-blue, 

 month-parts sometimes black ; thorax with an L-shaped 

 greenish band on each side above, thicker, and turned towards 

 each other; pleura with two broad greenish bands and a 

 narrow one between, which is interrupted in the middle; 

 there are also sometimes pale spots between the wings above ; 

 behind the last broad lateral stripe is a pale spot above, and 

 a pale stripe on the median line below ; abdomen inflated at 

 base, with three pale spots on each side ; the uppermost are 

 followed by three long spots as far as the front of the fourth 

 segment j the last is sometimes followed by a line ; on the 

 seventh segment is a reddish stripe on each side, not extending 

 to the suture either before or behind. Wings hyaline, more 

 or less tinged with yellow at the base and sometimes towards 

 the costa ; pterostigma brown or yellow, between black 

 nervures ; membranule dark grey. 



Dythemis mendax and prmcoXj Hageu, probably belong 

 either to this genus or to Macrothemis. 



Two male specimens from Grenada^ nos. 106 and 119. 



9. Dythemis multipunctata^ sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 36-39 millim. ; exp. al. 50-56 millim. ; long, 

 pter. 3 millim. 



Reddish brown, abdomen darker ; face yellow, shading into 

 rusty towards the frontal tubercle, which is violet-blue, and 

 towards the tips of the mandibles and adjacent mouth-parts, 

 which are black, as well as the centre of the labium ; occiput 

 black, shining, spotted with yellow on the sides ; thorax with 

 three short yellow stripes in front, the middle one linear ; be- 

 hind each of the lateral stripes is a detached, slightly curved, 

 yellow stripe ; all the parts of the thorax on the median line 

 are yellow, and there are several yellow dots at the base of 

 the wings ; the sides of the thorax beneath the wings have 

 three alternating yellow and black stripes, the latter inclining 

 to brassy green ; in front of these is the commencement of a 

 fourth yellow stripe, followed by two small yellow spots ; the 

 middle yellow band is broken into three, the hindermost is 

 hooked at the top and is followed below by two large irregu- 

 larly-triangular spots, followed by a broad transverse semi- 

 circular mark ; abdomen with double, nearly continuous, 

 central lines on the upperside ; there are some yellow markings 



