31G [August, 



from Brauer an insect from Spalato, labelled " M. nemausiensis," but 

 it does not at all agree with my idea of Borkhausen's species. The 

 markings of the head and thorax are different ; the wings are broader 

 and there is little trace of the two oblique lines on the anterior, and 

 moreover, nearby all the transverse nervules are clouded, giving the 

 wings a strongly irrorated appearance. I have since received several 

 examples from Amasia in Asia Minor. It quite agrees with the 

 short description of M. irroratum, Oliv. (Encyc. Method., viii, p. 127, 

 nee Klug), and I have little doubt is that species. 



Netnoptera bipennis, Illiger (lusitaniea, Leach). — Gibraltar, 12th May ; 



4 (J, 2 ?. 

 Chrysopa nigropunctata , Ed. Pict. — Gibraltar, 4th August, 1 example, 

 agreeing with a type from E. Pi^ctet in my collection. The largest 

 black points on the pronotum form two < > opposed. Whether it, 

 and some other forms from Spain, be anything more than varieties of 

 flavifrons (Brauer) is perhaps open to question. 



OB ON AT A. 



Sympetrum Fonscolombii, Selys. — Gibraltar, 9th October ; 1 <$ . 



Orthetrum nitidinervis, Selys. — Algeciras, 4th June; 1 ? . 



Cordulegaster annulatus, Latr. — Gibraltar, 21st June ; 1 $ . This ex- 

 ample may be referred to the var. immacidifrons, Selys, but there is 

 an indication of the black transverse band at the top of the front. 



JEschna affinis, V. d. Lind. — Algeciras, 18th July ; 1 ? . 



II.— OPPOSITE COAST OP MAKOCCO. 

 PLANIPENNIA. 



Palpares hispanus, Hagen. — Tangier, 10th and 13th September ; 2 ? : 



[also from the same place, BlacJcmore']. 



N.B. — Kolbe (Berl. ent. Zeitschr., xxviii, p. 135) gives the result 

 of a critical examination of the inferior appendage of the $ of 

 hispanus and libelluloides, referring especially to its broader form in 

 hispanus. I find his definition to agree tolerably well with my ex- 

 amples, only I do not clearly grasp the words " gegen die Spitze leicht 

 verbreitert " as applied to hispanus ; yet the form is liable to be altered 

 in drying, and especially if the examples have been subjected to 

 pressure by having been placed in " papillottes." I have before me 

 nearly thirty examples of libelluloides, ranging from the South of 

 Erance eastward to Syria (the latter would be the var. ceschnoides, 

 Illig.). Also 14 examples of hispanus, all from Spain and Marocco. 



