INDIAN DRAGONFLIES. 
901 
Amphiseschna beesoni, sp. nov. 
1 Magavi, Insein, Burma, 38, XI, 21. “ Taken at dusk,” coll. C. F. C, 
Beeson. 
Type deposited in the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. 
Abdomen 46 mm. Hindwing 43 mm. Anal appendages 6 mm. 
Fig. 1 A. Anal appendages and B. Genitalia of Amphiceschna beesoni (male) 
Head globular, eyes dark biwni, very broadly contiguous; occiput very small, 
pale whitish green ; labium browmish yellow ; labrum, epistome and frons oliva- 
ceous, upper surface of latter with a subbasal, black line at its centre, not 
traversing its whole breadth. Face very narrow. 
Thorax dark olivaceous, with bright greenish yellow spots at bases of all 
wmgs. Xo other markings. 
Legs reddish brown, the knee-joints darker ; hind femora udth a row of close- 
ly-set, robust spines, gradually lengthening distally. 
Wings faintly saflfronated, the hind the more so and especially towards its 
basal half ; stigma pale bro^vn, rather small, that of forewing longer than that of 
hind; forewmg 3'5 mm., hindwmg 3'0 mm., outer border strongly bevelled, 
braced, the brace with a slight curve ; trigone of forewing with 5-6 
cells, the hind similar ; a single nervure in the median space in all wings ; 7 cu- 
bital nervures in forewing, 5 in the hind ; 3 cells in anal triangle ; nodal mdex 
12-221 22-12 
1 ; 8 cells in the loop ; Rs. forked .some way before the stigma, 3 rows 
16-151 15-16 
between the forking ; 3 rows of cells between Rs. and Rspl. in forewmg, 4 hi the 
hind ; membrane grejnsh, almost absent ; hypertrigones with 5 nervures in 
forewing, 4 in the hind ; arc strongly angulated, sectors arising from its 
middle. 
