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Title: The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes : being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Gardiner, John Stanley, 1872-1946
Subjects: Zoology Zoology
Publisher: Cambridge : University Press
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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real. It is rather surprising, however, that a species like S. hispida,recorded from the Bahamas and the coast of the United States, and therefore in the pathof the Gulf Stream, should not yet have been found in the North-eastern Atlantic. In conclusion I wish to thank Mr C. Forster Cooper, B.A., for th-awing the figures inthe accompanying plate. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. The corona ciliata has been represented as a dotted line, except in Fig. 7. Fig. 1 A. Sagitta robusta nov. sp., outline. 1 B. The same, liead and neck. Fig. 2. Sayitta ferox nov. sp., head and neck. Fig. 3 A. Sagitta polyodon nov. sp., outline. 3 B. The same, head and neck. Fig. 4 A. Sagitta pulchra nov. sp., outline, -i B. The same, head and neck. Fig. 5 A. Sagitta gardineri nov. sp., outline. 5 B. The same, head and neck. Fig. 6. Sagitta septata nov. sp., showing peculiar structure of the ovaries. Fig. 7. Sagitta regularis Aida, showing thickened epidermis, corona, and ovaries. Pauna and Geography Maldiv PlauteXm,
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Ti bridge Doncaster -Chsiet-ognatha. DRAGON-FLIES. By F. F. Laidlaw, B.A., Demonstrator in Zoology of the Owens College, Manchester. Only six species are represented in the collection. One of these appears to be new.The rest are all well-known Ceylon and Indian species, or have a still wider distribution. Sub-Fam. Libellulinae. 1. Zyxomma petiolatum Ramb. Zyxomma petiolatum Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 35. This widely distributed Oriental species is represented in the collection by three specimens(2 c/, 1 ?) from Hulule. 2. Pantala flavescens (Fabr.). Pantala flavescens Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 1. Two males, one from Hulule, and one ft-om Mahlos. This is the most wdely distributedand one of the commonest of existing dragon-flies. 3. Rhyothemis variegata (Job.). Rhi/othemis variegata Kirby, Cat. Odonata, p. 5. This is a common Ceylon and Indian sjjecies, and belongs to a genus whose membersfrequent especially the neighbourhood of the sea. R. variegata is of particular interest onaccount of t

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