SCIENTIFIC RESULTS 
OF 
THE SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
NEUEOPTERA. 
By ROBERT McLACHLAN, E.R.S., E.L.S. 
PSEUDO-NEUROPTERA. 
Family — OB ON A TA. 
Sub-Fam. — Libellulina. 
Libel lula quadeimactjlata, L. 
Two males of rather small size (expanse of wings 65 — 69 mm,.), from Yarkand, 22nd 
May ; indicated as “ very common on the jheel (marsh).” Both pertain to the var. prcenubila, 
N ewman, in which the apex of the wings has a fuscous spot or band ; also 1 male and 1 female 
of the typical form from Yangiliissar, in April. 
The insect is spread over all the temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere, 
and is occasionally of migratory habits. 
Sub-Fam. — .ZEschnina. 
Anax pabthenope, De Selys. 
One $ from Srinagar, 28th July. 
A widely-distributed, hut probably not very abundant, species. In Europe it extends 
northward to Paris, and is found also in Central Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, 
&c. ; also in Asia Minor and Western Turkestan, and in Algeria. 
This female has the wings tinged with smoky in the middle, as in the form from Algeria. 
