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colour which occur in certain insects with age, and especially notices the 
males of Libellula and of Calepteryx virgo. 
M'Lachlan notices a partially andromorphous $ of Calepteryx splendens. 
Proc. Ent. Soc. 1865, p. 125. 
Tholymis, g. n., Hagen, Stett. ent. Zcit. 1867, p. 221. Allied to Fantala j 
eyes widely in contact j posterior lobe of prothorax small, entire j abdomen 
conical, segments 2-4 witli a transverse suture ) legs long, very slender; pos- 
terior wings dilated at base ; pterostigma small, trapezoidal ; triangle of 
anterior wings long, narrow ; appendages long. Sp. T, citrina, sp. n., Hagen, 
I, c. p. 218, Cuba. 
'New species : — 
Anax strenuus, Hagen, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xvii. p. 34, Oahu ; A. 
iristis, Hagen, 1. c. p. 85, Guinea ; A. panyheus, Hagen, 1. c. p. 42, Celebes; A. 
fumosus, Hagen, 1. c. p. 43, Ternate ; A. speralus, Hagen, 1. c. p. 46, Capo of 
Good Hope ; A. hacchus, Hagen, 1. c. p. 48, Himalaya. 
AEschna januaria, Hagen, 1. c. p. 61, Brazil. 
Neurothemis. Brauer (/, c.) describes the following as new species of this 
genus (vide supra) : — N. yigantea, p. 8, Amboyna; N. ceylanica^ p. 11, Ceylon ; 
N. nicoharica, p. 12, Karnicobar and Singapore ; N. incerta, ibid., Celebes ; 
N. pseudosophronia, p. 16, Ceram, China ? ; N. innominata, p. 17, New Guinea, 
Ceram; and N. diplax, p. 18, New Guinea, Ceram. 
Neurothemis oliyoncura, Brauer, 1. c. p. 076, Cape Yorlc. 
Libellula pectoralis (Kaup, MS.), Brauer, 1. c. p. 19, Ceram, 
Diplax cora (Kaup, MS.), Brauer, 1. c. p. 20, Ceram. 
Diplax thoracantha, Brauer, 1. c. p. 299, Ceram ; D. denticauda, Brauer, 1. c. 
p. 801, New Guinea. 
Tramea cophysa (Koll. MS.), Hagen, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 226, Brazil; 
T. australis^ Hagen, /. c. p. 229, Cuba (of which T. iphiyenia^ flag'- h c. p. 230, 
from Bogota, is probably the cJ). 
Tramea subbmotata, Brauer, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xvii. p, 811, 
T. lonyicauda, Brauer, 1. c. p. 812, T. brasiliana, Brauer, ibid., from Brazil ; 
T. ci'oceay Brauer, 1. c. p. 813, Philippine Islands ; T. africana^ Brauer, /. c. 
p. 814, Sierra Leone ; and T. erythrcea, Brauer, ibid., Mauritius. 
Tramea transmarina , Brauer, l.c. p. 21, Fiji Islands; T. samoensis^ Brauer, 
I, c. p. 22, Navigator's Islands. 
Celithemis regia, Brauer, 1. c. p. 24, Amboyna ; C. chalcoptilon, Brauer, 1. c. 
p. 25, Navigator’s Islands. 
Celithemis pygmcea, Brauer, 1. c. p. 297, New Guinea. 
Agrionoptera quatuornotata, Brauer, 1. c. p. 298, Menado. 
Neurohasis haupi, Brauer, 1. c. p. 293, Celebes. 
Gynacantha rosenbergi (Kaup, MS.), Brauer, I, c. p. 295, New Guinea, 
Mhyothemis dispar, Brauer, 1. c, p. 816, Fiji Islands. 
EPHEMERIDiE. 
Eaton (Ann. & Mag. N. II. 3rd ser. xix. p. 401) notices specimens of Clo'e- 
opsis diptera in whicli tho costal area is traversed towards the apex by 
irregular veins. These specimens present some other peculiarities, and may 
prove to belong to a distinct species. 
