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Brachythemis contaminata Fabr. 



Lib. contaminata, Ent. Syst. II. p. 382 (1793); Ramb., ins. Nenr., p. 

 99(1842); Kirby, Cat. Odon., p. 21 (1890). 



Barkuda, many examples, 25 - viirig (Annandale, " at edge 

 of pond on wet day").' 3'ixig {Annandale) ; 27'ix'ig (Annandale, 

 "on shore"); 4-igxTg (Gravely, "flying low over edge of lake ; 

 female apparently ovipositing "). 



A common species found mainly on the shore of the island, 

 where it feeds voraciously on Amphipods. It also flies at dusk. 



Crocothemis servilia servilia Drury. 



Lib. servilia, III. Ex. Ent. I, t. 47, f. 6 (1773) ; Ramb., Ins. Netir., p. 

 80 (1842); Fabr. (Ltb. ferruginata), Spec. Ins. I, p. 521, n. 11 (1781); 

 Kirby, Cat. Odon., p. 21 (1890). 



Barkuda, many examples, viii 19 (Annandale, "caught in 

 jungle"); 4-r.gxT.g (Gravely) ; 24-28 - x - ig (Annandale, "at 

 ligth "); iS'xirig (Annandale) ; 8*iv20 (Annandale and Dover). 



A fairly common species. In Mem. Ind. Mus. V, p. 180, 

 1915, Dr. Laidlaw records a male from Barkuda (i7"viri4) which 

 he stated had a deformed wing, and abnormal venation. He 

 hopes to figure it at some future date. The specimen is, we be- 

 lieve, still with him. 



Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum Ramb. 



Lib. neglectum, Ins. Near. p. 86 (1842); Selys (Lib. neglectum), Ann. 

 Mus. Genov. XXVII, p. 463 (1889) ; Burm. (Lib. pruinosa), Handb. 

 Ent. II, p. 858, n. 63 (1839); Brauer (Lib. pruinosa), Verb, eool.- 

 bot. Ges. Wien, XV, p. 1013 (1865); Selys (Lib. pruinosa), he. cit- 

 (1889). 



Barkuda, I example, g'x'ig (Annandale). 

 This specimen, a male, was the only one ever taken. It 

 was captured in the jungle. 



Orthetrum sabina Drury. 



Lib. sabina, III. Ex. Ent. I, t. 48, f. 4 (1773), Ramb., Ins. Neur., 

 47 (1842); Kirby (Orth. sabina), Trans. Zoo/. Soc. Lond. XII, pp. 

 261, 263, 301 (1889); Fabr. (Lib. gibba), Ent. Syst. Suppl.,p. 284 

 (1798); Schneid. (Lib. ampullacea), Sfett. ent. Zeit. VI, p. no 

 (1845); Selys, Rev. Odon., p. 288 (1859); Selys (Lepthemis sabina 

 var. a/ricana), Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. XXXI, p. 22 (1887). 



Barkuda, many examples, viirig (Annandale, " in jungle") ; 

 3 - ix - ig (Annandale, "in jungle"); 4-ig-x"i9 (Gravely) ; 23 , x , ig 

 (Annandale); Ii-I5*xirig (Annandale). 



Not an uncommon species in the jungle from August to 

 December, igio. The species was comparatively rare in ig20. 



Trithemis pallidinervis Kirby. 



Svnipetrum pallidinervis, Trans. Zoo/. Soc. Lond. XII, p. 327,1.55, 

 f. 4 (1889); Ris (Trithemis pallidinervis), Cat. Coll. Selys (1908). 



Barkuda, i example, viiiig (Annandale, " caught in jungle"). 

 A male specimen. 



