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character of the upper anal appendage, which in Selys's specimen 

 is said to possess " une forte dent externe," a description which 

 scarcely applies to the three males of M. euterpe now before me. 

 The females for their part differ in their lesser stature, as well 

 as in venation, from the type of M. westiooodi, which appears 

 to have been lost. 



8. Macromedia fulva, sp. n. (Text-fig. 3.) 



1 6 . 11.9.13 (No. 20, 1914), fully adult. 



Hind wing 35 mm., abdomen 37 mm., pterostigma 3 mm. 



Venation formula : — 



An.n. Pn.n. Cu.a. Suprat. A. A. 



21—22 12—11 3—3 3—3 



10—12 15—16 3—4 2—2 9—8 



Text-figure 3. 



Wings of Macromidia fulva , <?. 



Anal angle rather more acute, and anal margin of hind wing 

 rather more deeply convex than in the example of M. rapida 

 figured by Martin. 



Wings with a marked smoky-brown tinge, deeper in costal and 

 postcostal spaces and at extreme base. Pterostigmata grey- 

 brown. 



Head : Eyes dark brown ; upper lip yellow-brown ; the rest of 

 the head entirely dull brown, with a slight metallic violet reflex 

 on the irons. 



Prothorax dull brown. 



Thorax : Dorsal surface dull metallic greenish brown, with an 



