1902.] DRAGOXFLIES OF TUB " SKEAT EXPEDITION." 87 



Vestalis AaKE.-rA Hagen. 



Vestalis amceyia, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 103 ; Karsch, Ent. 

 Nachr. xvii. 1891, no. 16, p. 242 ; Kriiger, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1898, 

 p. 75. 



Several males and females from Kwala A ring and from the 

 foot of Gunong Inas. 



This species occurs also in Borneo, Java, and (Sumatra. 



JVote. — Two females from Kwala Aring differ lather markedly 

 from the rest of our specimens. The genei'al colour of the body 

 is dark bronze-green rather than emerald-green of the other 

 specimens. Further, the wings have a distinct brownish tinge. 

 In respect to the markings on the head, the yellow is blighter 

 than in the other specimen. One male shows a tendency to have 

 the wings tinged and is also of a more bronze-green shade than 

 the other males. These three specimens are perhaps much more 

 adult than the others. 



Legion Euph^a. 



Genus EuPH^A Ramb. 



Uuphcea Ramb. Ins. Nevr. p. 228 (1842) ; Selys, Syn. Oat., Bull. 

 Ac. Belg. 1853, p. 50; id. Mon. Oal., I.e. 1854, p. 167. 

 Pseudophcea Kirby, Oat. Odonata, p. 109. 

 Eiojyhcea Selys, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. p. 338 (1891). 



EuPH^A iMPAR Selys. 



Pseudojyhcea imjyar^ KirVjy, Oat. Odonata, p. 109. 



Four males from the Aring River above Kwala Aring. 



This species differs greatly from the following, not merely in 

 the colouring of the wing bvit also in the wings being much 

 broader proportionately and with very rounded tips. 



Eo'PHiEA ochracea Selys. 



PsGudophma ochracea, Kirby, Oat. Odonata, p. 109. 

 Euph(Ba ochracea, Selys, Ann, Mus. Genova, (2) x. p. 489. 

 Four S , one $ : two males from the Aring River in Kelantan, 

 the other three individuals from the Selama River at the foot of 

 Gunong Inas. 



The male is a very beautiful insect, and when alive his wings 

 seem to be almost crimson in colour as he hovers over the surface 

 of the stream. The wings of the female specimen have hardly a 

 trace of yellow tinge {cf. Selys, loc. cit.), and the pterostigma is 

 brown, those of the wings of the male being rich velvety black. 

 The rich red markings of the thorax of the male are dull brown 

 in the female, and the whole body is duller. 



Length of abdomen without 6 ■ 2 . 



appendages 36 mm. 30 mm. 



Length of hind wing 29 ,, 29 ,, 



„ „ fore wing 31 „ 30-5 „ 



Known also from Burmah and Borneo, 



