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Show 1886.] FROM N.W. INDIA. 329 hindermost yellower and more distinct; between the hindermost pair runs a yellow stripe, nearly divided into three ; between the front pair runs a series of four spots, of which the middle pair are the smallest and placed most forward ; in front of these are two more yellow spots, edged with black ; the rest of the head is yellow, except the edges of the nasus; a Y-shaped mark running from between the two last-mentioned pair of yellow spots, and a short stripe running forward from their outer edges; prothorax black in front, with a triangle of three yellow spots in the middle, and yellow at the sides, beneath, and behind; mesothorax black above, with a V-spot and two yellow longitudinal lines; sides yellow, with two black sutural stripes, the upper one divided in front by a brighter yellow spot; abdomen dull reddish brown, the sutures darker, preceded by a yellow median spot, edged in front by two short dark lines ; anal appendages rather large, approximating, those of the second segment somewhat less prominent than in M. lineatus ; legs yellowish, darker above. Wings hyaline, yellowish towards the base; five antecubital nervures, the first two interstitial on all the wings ; hind wings with a yellow rhomboidal pterostigma, surmounting about 2| cells ; the extreme base black. It is not unlikely that in more brightly coloured or better preserved specimens the back of the abdomen may be marked with yellow, nearly as in M. lineatus. AGRIONINJE. 18. MEGALESTES MAJOR, De Selys (no. 2). d. Captured at Murree, over water, Aug. 7, 1885. $ . At Kali Pani, Sept. 22, 1885. 19. ISCHNURA SENEGALENSIS, Ramb. (no. 15). Hassan Abdal and Campbellpore, Oct. 14. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIII. Fig. 1. Micromerus obscurus, sp. n., p. 328. 2. Macromia moorei, De Selys, p. 328. 3. Trithemis aurora, Burm., var., p. 327. 4. intermedia, Ramb., p. 327. 5. Orthetrum hyalinum, sp. n., p. 326. g t £ . 7. Sympetrum subpruinosum, sp. n., p. 326. 8. Crocothemis reticulata, sp. n., p. 328. 9. , side view. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1886, No. XXII. 22 |