NEUE.OPTERA ODONATA OF CETLON, 547 



Neuroptera Odonata (Dragonflies) collected by Mr. E. E. Green 

 iu Ceylon" (Proc. Zool. Soc Lond. 1891, pp. 203-206), in 

 which fourteen species are enumerated, three of which were 

 believed at the time to be new. 



In the following list all the species of wbicb the Britisb 

 Museum possesses specimens from Ceylon are marked (*), and 

 those contained in Col. Terbury's collection (f). The localities 

 mentioned are all given on Col. Terbury's authority, except 

 those for which other authorities are quoted. 



I am indebted to Baron de Selys-Longchamps for the names 

 of a few additional species not previously recorded from Ceylon. 



LIBELLITLIDiE. 



LlBELLULIN^. 



*tl. Tholtmis tillaega. 



Libellula tillarga, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 235 (1798). 

 Trincomali, Oct. 6 & 23, 1891. Kanthalai, Nov. 11, 16, 1891. 

 Henaratgoda, May 5, 1892. 

 Eambodde {JLageii). 

 A common East-Indian species. 



*t2. PaNTAI/A platescens. 



Libellula flavescens, Fdbr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 285 (1798). 



Libellula viridula, Beauv. Ins. Afr. Amer. p. 69, pi. 3. f. 4 (1805). 



Trincomali, Oct. 12, Nov. 10 & 20, Dec. 14, 1890 ; Nov. 11 

 and Dec. 17, 1891. Mahagany, near Trincomali, Sept. 20, 1891. 

 Pigeon Island, Nov. 18, 1891. 



An abundant species throughout the warmer parts of the world. 

 The only specimen supposed to have occurred in Europe is thus 

 mentioned by Curtis : " Libellula Sparslialll, Dale's MSS. 

 Taken at Horning in 1823 by the late Mr. J. Sparshall ; it is 

 very similar to a Chinese species " (Brit. Ent. fol. 712). But, so 

 far as I am aware, no description of the insect was ever published 

 under this name. 



*t3. Htdeobasiletjs exteaneus. (PI. XLT. fig. 1, $ .) 

 Tramea extranea {Hagen), Karsch, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xxxiii. p. 351 



(1890). 



