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Show 204 MR. W. F. KIRBY ON NEUROPTERA ODONATA [Mar. 17, 5. ORTHETRUM CARNATICUM. (Plate XX. fig. 1.) Libellula carnatica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 284 (1798). Pundaloya, Ceylon (Feb. 1889). Not previously known from Ceylon; the British Museum has specimens from Nepal. The insect, which I identify with the Fabrician species, is closely allied to O. triangularis, Selys; but De Selys refers Fabricius's description to Trithemis cassia, Ramb. AGRIONID^E. AGRIONIN^E. NEUROBASIS, Selys. 6. NEUROBASIS APICALIS, sp. n. (Plate XX. figs. 2, 2 a.) Exp. nearly 3 inches. Male. Bright green above; head with a short black streak in front of the ocelli; antennae black, conspicuously testaceous beneath ; labrum black, with the rim and a large spot on each side testaceous; labium testaceous, lined with black. Thorax with the sutures black in front and testaceous behind ; under surface testaceous. Legs black. Wings iridescent-hyaline, front wings shining with magenta, and hind wings with coppery-green in the sunlight; tips of all the wings dusky. Upper anal appendages hairy, with a triangular tooth on the lower surface and 5 teeth on the upper. Nawala-pittia, Ceylon. It is to be regretted that Mr. Green only obtained one damaged specimen of this handsome species, which resembles an Echo in its markings, though its neuration clearly shows it to be a Neurobasis. PSEUDOPHJEA, Kirb. 7. PSEUDOPH^EA SPLENDENS. Euphcea splendens, Selys, Syn. Cal. p. 52 (1853). Pundaloya (Sept. 1888). Mr. Green obtained both sexes ; the female is. rarer in collections than the male. MICROMERUS, Bamb. 8. MICROMERUS FINALIS. Micromerus finalis, Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg. (2) xxvii. p. 665 (1869). Nawala-pittia (Oct. 1889). Originally described from Ceylon. CaLNAGRIONIN,E. PLATYSTICTA, Selys. 9. PLATYSTICTA G R E E N I , sp. n. (Plate X X . fig. 3, 3 a.) Long. corp. 48 millim ; exp. al. 62 millim. Male-. Pterostigma brown, the lower edge twice as long as the |