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Show 66 MR. F. F. LAIDLAW ON THE [Feb. 4, Mus. Genov. (2) x. p. 446; Karsch, Abh. v. d. Senckenberg. nat. Gesell. xxv. 1. p. 219. Common at Kwala Aring. Widely spread in the Eastern Tropics. NEUROTHEMIS STIGMATIZANS (Fabr.). Neurothemis stigmatizans, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 7; Karsch, Abh. v. d. Senckenberg. nat. Gesell. xxv. 1. p. 218. Plentiful at Kwala Aring. Like the last a common and variable insect. NEUROTHEMIS DISPARILIS Kirby. Neurothemis disparilis, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 8. Two specimens from Kwala Aring. Singapore (Ridley); Borneo. NEUROTHEMIS TULLIA (Dru.). Neurothemis ttdlia, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 8; id. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv. p. 550. Common near the mouth of the Kelantan River and for some thirty miles up the river. A common Eastern species. TRITHEMIS (?) TRIVIALIS (Ramb.). Trithemis trivialis, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 18 ; id. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv. p. 550 (1894). Trithemis (?) trivialis, Selys, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) x. p. 467 (1891); Kirby, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v. p. 531 (1900). Diplacodes trivialis, Karsch, Abh. v. d. Senckenberg. nat. Gesell. xxv. 1. p. 219. Widely distributed, ranging from India and Ceylon to Japan. I obtained specimens at Kwala Aring and Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Taken also by Mr. Ridley in Province Wellesley. As pointed out by Mr. Kirby (Ann. & Mag. loc. cit.), this species probably requires the creation of a new genus to receive it. TRITHEMIS AURORA (Burm.). Trithemis aurora, Brauer, Yerh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xviii. p. 117 (1868); Selys, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) x. p. 465 (1891). Trithemis intermedia, Kirby, Proc. Zool. Soc 1886, p 327 pi. 33. fig. 4. Trithemis yerburii, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 18. Trithemis aurora, Kirby, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv. p. 551. This beautiful species was fairly common in September in marshy rice-fields at Ulu Aring. Mr. Ridley has collected it in Singapore. BRACHYTHEMIS CONTAMINATA (Fabr.). Brachythemis contaminata, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 21 ; id. |