552 MB. W. F. KIEBY ON THE 



Hah. Trincomali, Aug. 3, 5, Sept. 13, Oct. 5, 1890. Tamble- 

 gam and Andaukulan, Oct. 5, 1891. 

 Eambodde {Hagen). 



*t20. TJeothemis sangijinea. 



Libellula saaguinea, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. p. 858 (1839). 



Libellula signata, Ramb. Ins. Nevr. p. 117 (1842). 



Kanthalai, Nov. 15, 1891. 



Eambodde {Hagen). 



Occurs in India and Ceylon. 



*t21. TJeothemis vjttata, sp. n. (PI. XLII. fig. 2, $ .) 



Long. corp. 38-40 millim. ; exp. al. 67 millim. ; long. pter. 

 2 1 millim. 



Eeddish oclireous ; labrum, the ocellar suture, more or less 

 of the pleural sutures, the legs, except the base of the femora, 

 a broad stripe on the back of the abdomen, widened at each, end 

 of the segments, and interrupted by the sutures, but not by the 

 carinse, and two spots at the ends of the segments, and sometimes 

 also in the middle, beneath, black. Head black behind the eyes, 

 with a yellow space in the middle and two on each side. Wings 

 hyaline, with ochreous nervures in the male, browner in the 

 female ; membranule whitish ; hind wings tinged with saffron at 

 the base. Fore wings with 6 antenodal and 5 postnodal nervures, 

 the two first postnodals not continuous, and the first very 

 oblique ; hind wings with 5 antenodals and postnodals, the two 

 first postnodals not continuous. Pterostigma yellowish, between 

 brown nervures, covering a little more than one cell. All the 

 triangles open, and followed by two rows of cells, increasing ; 

 the outer side of that on the fore wings showing a slight ten- 

 dency to form an angle towards the nervure dividing the two 

 first cells, subtriangular space with three cells ; triangle of hind 

 wings rather pointed, its base extending nearer the base of the 

 wings than the arculus. Anal appendages of male rather shorter 

 than the last two segments. 



Trincomali, Sept. 10, 1891 ( $ ). 



The male is described from an Indian specimen from Saunders's 

 collection. Not closely allied to any other species ; resembles 

 some of the Corduliinse in coloration, to which subfamily Tlre- 

 tJiemis has some affinity. 



