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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Hagen (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1868, pp. 274-287) continues his observations on 
the Dragonflies of Cuba (see ^ Record/ 1867, p. 451). The species referred 
to are : — L. umhrata (Linn.), which varies greatly and includes L. tripartita 
(DeG., Burm.), /a//aa; (Burm.), siihfasciata (Burm.), ruralis (Bnmi,), Jlavi- 
cans (Ramb.), and fusco-fasciata (Blanch.) ; Orthemis discolor (Brauer) 
probably =/errw^ma^a (Fab.) ; Macrothemis cclmo (Selys). 
Hagen also describes M. pleurosticta (Burm.), tenuis (Hag.), and marmo- 
rata (Hag.), all South-American species of the genus Macrothemis. 
Hagen communicates a list of the known species of this group inhabiting 
Cuba and the Isle of Pines (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xi. pp. 289-294). 
Most of the references are accompanied by short notes on the locality inha- 
bited by and the time of appearance of the species. Sixty-five species are 
enumerated. Of the species described by Scudder (see ‘ Record,’ 1866, p. 623) 
Ayr ion maria=s Neoneura palustris (Hag.) ; Macromia cuhensis—Erythemis 
longipes (Hag.), var. specularis\ Tramea insularis= T. ahdominalis (Ramb.) ; 
Lihellula vinosa = Dytkernis rujinervis (Burm.) ; Mesothemis poeyi^Dythetnis 
dicrota \ Mesothemis gtmdlachii—M. simplicicollis (Bdkj) \ Diplax jus- 
tiniana^D. ambusta (Hag.) j and Perithemis domitia=P. metella (Selys). 
Hagen also remarks {1. c. p. 294) upon the species recorded by Scudder 
from the White Mountains of New Hampshire (see ‘ Record,’ 1866, p. 623). 
Corduligaster lateralis (Sc.) probably = C. sayi (Selys) j Cordtdia eremita 
(Sc.) probably = C. alhicincta (Burm.) j C. forcipata (Sc.) = C. arctica\ C. 
shurtteffi (Sc.)=C. bifurcata (Selys). 
Scudder (/. c. p. 298-300) remarks upon some of the above determi- 
nations. 
Uhler publishes (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xi. pp. 295-298) some notes 
on the Dragonflies of Hayti. 
G. DU Plessis publishes (Mitth. schw. ent. Gesellsch. ii. pp. 313-321) a 
catalogue of the Libellulidae found in the environs of Orbe, with brief remarks 
and indications of their mode of occurrence. He enumerates 12 species of 
Libellulaf 4 of Cordulia, 4 of JEschna, 4 of Qomphus^ 3 of Calopteryx, 6 of 
Lestes, 7 of Agrion, and 1 Platycnemis. 
Pryer notices the great abundance of Dragonflies at Shanghai, where they 
seem to keep down the numbers of the mosquitoes. He also mentions their 
sometimes appearing there in immense numbers (Journ. N. China Branch 
Roy. Asiatic Soc. n. s. iv. pp. 76, 76). 
Ghiliani describes an extensive migration of Anax mediterraneus (Selys) 
from Africa into Italy. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1868, p. 223. 
Girard notices the^’occurrence at Smyrna of the African Libellula leuco- 
sticta (Burm.). Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, p. cviii. The same author notices 
the geographical distribution of Libellula jlaveola (Linn.). Ibid. p. cxii. 
New genera : — 
Onychothemis^ g. n., Brauer, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xviii. pp. 170, 
865, & 732. Allied to Libella (Brauer) ; posterior lobe of prothorax broadly 
semicircular, notched j claws not toothed. Sp. O. abnot'mis, sp. n., Brauer, 
/. c. p. 170, Luzon. (Also L. hova, Ramb. P) 
Pachydiplax, g. n., Brauer, 1. c. pp. 368 & 722. Allied to Mesothemis j pro- 
thorax bilobed j sectores arculi pedunculate ; segments 2-4 of abdomen with 
a transverse edge } less than 10 antecubilals. Sp. Lib. lungipennis (Burm.). 
