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Show 328 MR. w. F. KIRBY O N DRAGONFLIES [June 1, 12. CROCOTHEMIS RETICULATA, sp. n. (no. 13). (Plate XXXIII. figs. 8, 9.) Campbellpore, Nov. 21 (c? )• Exp. al. 5*8 millim.; long. corp. 36 millim. Head red, lower rnouth-parts yellowish ; occiput reddish yellow, obscurely spotted; thorax and abdomen ochreous-yellow (perhaps reddish when living); thorax with a hexagonal figure bisected by the median line ; and from the three angles on each side, formed by the boundary lines, run similar narrow black lines, which are crossed by the narrow black sutural lines ; abdomen with obscure blackish submarginal lines on its hinder portion; appendages moderate, recurved, and rather acutely pointed; legs black and ochreous; wings hyaline, slightly yellow at the base ; neuration inclining to reddish ; pterostigma rather large, reddish, edged with black lines ; 11-12 antecubitals, 10 subcubitals. Allied to C. soror, Ramb. A somewhat similar reticulation is indistinctly visible in some females of Orthetrum triangulare. 13. CROCOTHEMIS SOROR, Ramb. (nos. 5, 13). Murree, Aug. 18 (o" $) ; Campbellpore, Nov. 14 (6* $). The Indian form of C. erythrcea, Brulle. CORDULIIN^E. 14. M A C R O M I A M O O R E I , De Selys (no. 10). (Plate XXXIII. fig. 2.) Chittar, Oct. 9 ( 6" )• This species is remarkably similar to the N.-American M. cinyu-lata, Ramb. iEsCHNIIN^E. 15. A N A X IMMACULIFRONS, Ramb. (no. 10). Campbellpore, Nov. 21, 1885 ( 6*). AGRIONID^E. CALOPTERYGIN^E. 16. NEUROBASIS CHINENSIS, Linn. (no. 9). Hassan Abdal. Taken over running water, Nov. 14, 1885 17- MICROMERUS OBSCURUS, sp. u. (no. 14). (Plate XXXIII. fig. 1.) Hassan Abdal, Nov. 14 ( d1 )• Exp. al. 36 millim.; long. corp. 19 millim. Resembles M. lineatus, Burm., but will form a new section in the genus, as there is neither pterostigma nor dark apical spot on the fore wings. Head black, behind much varied with dull yellow ; upper part of the eyes marked within with two large pale spots on each side, the |