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NEUROPTERA. 
Anax tristis, Hag., and A. goliath , Selys. McLachlau, l. c. p. 139, re- 
marks on these, and is inclined to the opinion that they represent $ and 
$ of one species. 
Anax julius , Brauer. De Selys, Ann. Ent. Belg. xxvii. p. 116, considers 
this a variety, scarcely distinct, of A. parthenope, Selys. 
AEschna arundinacea, Selys. A $ , presumably of this species, from 
Japan ; id. 1. c. p. 117. 
New genera and subgenera : — 
Hemianax (subg. of Anax), Selys, l. c. p. 15 (= Gyrtosoma , Chp., pre- 
occupied). 
Epiceschna (Hagen, subg. of AEschna ), id. 1. c. p. 21. Type, AE. heros, F. 
Acanthceschna (subg. of AEschna ), id. 1. c. p. 23. Types, A. victoria 
and unicornis , spp. nn., undescribed. 
Austrocesclina (subg. of AEschna), id. 1. c. p. 24. Type, A. parvistigmq, , 
sp. n., New Holland, indicated. 
Basiceschna (subg. of AEschna), id. 1. c. p. 27. Type, AE.janata , Say. 
Fonscolombia (subg. of AEschna ), id. 1. c. p. 28 {cf. also id. Ann. Ent. 
Belg. xxvii. p. 124). Types, AE. irene, Fonsc., F. maclachlani , Selys, and 
AE. vinosa , Say. 
Calliceschna (subg. of AEschna ), id. 1. c. p. 30. Type, AE. microstigma, 
Schnd. 
Cephalceschna (subg. of AEschna), id. 1. c. p. 31. Type, C. orbifrons , 
sp. n., Bengal, indicated. 
Telephlebia (g. & subg. n.), id. 1. c. p. 33 {cf. also Ann. Ent. Belg. xxvii. 
p. 122). Type, T. godeffroyi, sp. n., ibid., New South Wales. 
AEschnophlebia (subg. of Telephlebia), id. I c. p. 34 {cf. also Ann. 
Ent. Belg. ibid.). Types, AE. optata, longistigma , and anisoptera , Selys. 
Tetracanthagyna (subg. of Gynacantha),i&. 1. c. p. 36. Typo, G. plagiata, 
Waterhouse. 
Triacanthagyna (subg. of Gynacantha ), id. 1. c. p. 37. Type, G. trifida , 
Rbr. 
New species : — 
Anax walsinghami , p. 127, California and Guatemala, and rutherfordi, 
p. 128, Sierra Leone, McLachlan, l. c. 
AEschna melanictera, p. 119, and milnii, p. 120, Japan, Selys, Ann. Ent. 
Belg. xxvii. 
AEschnophlebia optata, p. 122, longistigma and anisoptera, p. 123, Japan, 
id. 1. c. 
Fonscolombia maclachlani , id. 1. c. p. 126, Japan. 
Gomphina. 
Sieboldiusjaponicus, Selys, probably inhabits Borneo, and not Japan; 
Selys, Ann. Ent. Belg. xxvii. p. 115. 
New species : — 
Gomphus pry eri, Selys, l. c. p. Ill, Japan ; G. excelsus , Costa, Atti Acc. 
Nap. (2) i. [1883] {cf. Bull. ent. Ital. xv. p. 333, 1883 [1884]), Sardinia. 
