On a collection of dragonflies made by members of the Skeat expedition in the Malay peninsula in 1899-1900. [Pt. I] / by F.F. Laidlaw.
- Frank Fortescue Laidlaw
- Date:
- 1902
Licence: In copyright
Credit: On a collection of dragonflies made by members of the Skeat expedition in the Malay peninsula in 1899-1900. [Pt. I] / by F.F. Laidlaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Mus. Genov. (2) x. p. 446; Karsch, Abh. v. cl. 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. Keurothemis tullia (Dm.). Neurothemis tullia, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 8; id. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xxiv. p. 550. Common near the mouth of the Kelantan Biver and for some thirty miles up the river. A common Eastern species. Trithemis (?) TRiviALis (Kamb.). 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. Kat. 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, Verh. 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 yerhurii, 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.). Braehythemis contaminata, Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 21; id. [1]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22406566_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
