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Show 382 MR. F. F. LAIDLAW OX THE [Dec. 2, Firstly, in dealing with the sexual characters of Tetrathemis, I was not acquainted with a paper of Dr. Foerster's published in the ‘ Termeszetrajki Fiizetek ' (1900, pp. 81-108), where, in describing two new species of this genus from New Guinea, he calls attention to the peculiar differences between the armature of the femurs of the two sexes. Secondly, he has pointed out in a letter that the forms which I identified as Gynacantha rosen-bergi Brauer probably do not belong to that species, which does not occur west of Banda. My specimens are perhaps referable' to G. basiguttata, but I have not had the opportunity of reexamining them. Lastly, in my description of Gomphus consobrinus1 (P. Z. S. 1902, vol. i. p. 80), " Type A of Selys" should read " Type B of Selys," whilst Echo tricolor Kruger, on page 85, should be altered to E. iricolor Kruger. (Species marked with an asterisk are not included in our collection.) Legion L estes. L estes r id l e v i Laidlaw. Lestes ridleyi Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1902, p. 92. One male from Gunong Inas. L estes pr.em o r sa . Lestes pi'cemorsa Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 1G2; Kruger, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1898, p. 130. A number of specimens from Kwala A ring. Concerning this species, I find the following notes in my diary :- Aug. 20tli (1899): " I found to-day large numbers of a species of Dragonfly over a pond ; I caught several pairs." Aug. 28th (1899): " I noticed that the species which I had seen so abundantly near the pond had disappeared almost entirely. I have only found it in this one spot." Legion P o d a g r io x . *PODOLESTES ORIEXTALIS Selys. Podolestes orientalis Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 12G ; Kriiger, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1899, p. 98. Recorded from Malacca. * A m philestes MACROCEPnALA Selys. Malacca. A mphilestes m im a Karsch. Amphilestes mima Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xvii. (1891) p. 242 • Kriiger, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1898, p. 100. 1 Mr. Calvert has pointed out to me, since this paper was read, that this name is pre-occupied by Gomphus consobrinus Walsh = G. externa Selys (see Kilby, Cat. Odonata, p. 66). Accordingly, I propose to alter the name to G.'kclantanensis. |
