94 MANDIBULATA. NEUROI'TEEA. 



Face luteous ; eyes greenish ; thorax ashy-brown or bluish, with two pale 

 dorsal streaks ; abdomen somewhat depressed, with a longitudinal dorsal 

 line, a transverse one on the 2nd and 3rd segments, and a double posterior 

 spot from the 3rd to the 8th inclusive, and all the margins, black ; beneath 

 and base of the femora olivaceous, rest of the legs black ; wings hyaline, 

 stigma fuscous or brown ; accessory membrane white. Female reddish, 

 with the thoracic and abdominal markings as in the male, hut the abdomea 

 has often in addition an indistinct longitudinal streak on each side. 



Both sexes are sometimes found reddish, with the legs pale ; probably imma- 

 ture ; the wiiigs are occasionally yellowish, with a pale luteous stigma, or 

 slightly fuscescent, with a black stigma in the male. 



Found, not uncommonly, within the metropolitan district, in June, 

 particularly in the vicinity of Godalming; found also in the west of 

 England. 



D. Abdomen laterally compressed: — Sympetrum, Newman. 



Sp. 8. Scotica. Alarum stigmate pedibvsque nigris : mas purpureo-nigra, 

 maculis jlavis, alis hyalinis ; foemina oUvacea, maculis Jlavis, subtus nigra; 

 alls hyalinis basi Jlavis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 1 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 6 — 7 

 lin.) 



Li. Scotica. Leach. — Donovan, v. xv. pi. 523. — Steph. Catal. 309. iVb. 3440. 



Head purplish-black ; sides of the labium and lower part of the face yellow ; 

 eyes greenish ; thorax purplish-black, with two oblique yellow stripes on 

 the sides, and some spots of the same hue ; abdomen purplish-black, with 

 some irregular spots at the base, and one on each side at the base of the 8th 

 and 9th segments dull yellow; legs black; wings hyaline, with a black 

 stigma. Female olivaceous, or reddish ; head yellow, with a black patch 

 in the middle of the labium and another on the forehead ; thorax marked 

 with yellow as in the male ; abdomen with the lower half and the 8th and 

 9th segments black, the latter each with two yellow spots at the base, as in 

 the male ; wings hyaline, slightly stained with saffron at the base, especially 

 the posterior pair. 



The legs are occasionally pale, with a black streak above. 



Not uncommon in the north of England, but very abundant in 

 Scotland ; found in the neighbourhood of New Lanark in plenty ; 

 also in the Isle of Arran, &c. 



Sp. 9. pallidistigma. Alarum stigmate pallido ; Jlavescens, thoracis laterihus 

 nigro Jlavoque mixtis, ahdomine supra rufescens, subtus nigra, pedihus pallide- 

 rufis extus nigro lineatis : foemina alis basi Jlavescentibus. ^^Long. corp. 

 1 unc. 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 10 lin.) 



Li. pallidistigma. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Appendix. 



Head yellowish, with the face yellow and a black frontal line ; eyes pale 



