I. Neuroptera (sens Linn.) par F. C. FRASER
ODONATA
Chlorocnemis elongata HA(;EN 1 acluli feniale (2b-22). Abdomen 31 mm. Hindwing 23 mill. lhe colour ant1 mar1;ings agree with the oyiginal description.
Aciagrioil s11. (probably trfric:rrzur~tl\~hl?~lh) A single very tencr:ll feiiiale specil?ien, culouring and nlarliiiigs not yet cleveloped. blare entrc Bil et tiouela (23 Eg).
Pseudagrion melanicterum Slir,~s A nlale with data < prbs du Gouan >> (78 E:i) and a feinale (Nimba). The sgecies has a wide dislribu:ion throughout tropical ant1 subtropical Africa.
Chlorocypha glaucum (S~LYS) A single iri:lle, prixs tlu Cnvally (81 1)d). Tile species is not a corninon one although it appecrs to have a wicle tlistribution in Central and Wrest Africa.
Chlorocypha dispar (PAL.I)E Brzauv.) 1 male, Yalanzou, 1 nialc, 111-6; tlu Zit! (30 Ea), 1 pair froin Kbortlenta. The species is a local one ant1 easily recogniseti by its retl abtloiiien tipped with pale blue. Confined to the mid tropical belt of Africn.
Sapho bicolor S$:LYS A single male froin Nion. Oiily two specimens 3f this elusive insect have been rtceived by rile over a long fiuiiiber- of years. Tlic British i\Iuseum has a long series of this sl~ecicsso that it is evident it is estreniely local.
Sapho ciliata S1i1.r~ A num1)cr of bolh sexcs of this conjinon anrl tlo111in:tnt species which exhibit all phases of colouring from greyish \~irigsto otlicrs, \vhich although allnost black with infuscation arc not riiet:~Ilic. IJinally in :I few atlr~ltsiilc beautif111 darli hll~e Lrorizetl inetaltic color~riiigis fully tlcvelopetl. J,ocalitirs indicated are, - Yanlk ant1 %ib near Zikla, 16-VIII-51, trnd Y:tlanzou ; speciniens fro111 the Ictter place i)ring niorc adult that1 fro111 the forinel-. Also fro111 %ii'.la (6 B), Gonan (78 Ea), Zit5 (80 Ea). Umma infumosa I:r:.\sr<~r
Cnzma iizfrln~osaI;J~I%LI:, 1951, Hcu. I.'l.clric. tl'Cr~t., lii : 98. This sl~ecieswas tlescribetl fro111 two 111ales (tio\v in the Paris Aluscum) from S'Zo. Sion, Kinlba ((;tiinkc), collected bj 31. Lanlotle, ll-\'l-l2. 1 ~naleprbs du Zii. (80 Ea) and 1 ~naleiron1 Yaporo (59 I),).
Umma mesostigma (SBLYS) 3 niales, 1x6s tl~lGouan (78 Ea) ant1 1 fen~alc.This ant1 the following species :Ire the most donlinailt species of the genus with a witle tlistribution in all s?ihmontanc areas of trol)ic;~lAfrica.
Unirna cincta (Si~r~~s) A single fe~t~alefro111 Nion.
Family (~,~I:D~I.IID,\E
Macromia sophia S~I~YS ilfncl*o~~~icrsophicl S~I.YS,1871, B1111. Acatl. Belcg. (2), xss~: 550. Id., ibid., 1878 (2), x~,v: 19s.
A pair fro111 Yalanzou. This nlagnificent species has been reported from the Canleroons and the Belgian Congo in montane and submontaiic :Ireas, by DIS Karsch, le Hoi ant1 Scllontedrn. In atltlition to the t\vo itnagos, the nynlph is rcprcsentctl by S~IIICspirit sl~eciinenr,one of \~l~ichis fully :~tlalt. These will forin the subject of a selx~ratepaper ~vllichthe author hopes to publish on the n>niph.; collectetl throughout (:cntrnl tro1)icnl Africa. It ma) be said however that it closclj reseinbles the nyml~hof dl. c;li~phigerlcrSBr,vh, lvhich I tlrscribed in T~~zrzs.R. elzt. Soc. Lorzd., 85 : 133. The overall length is 28 lnnl. ; greatest breadth at segments 5 and G of the ab(lomcn, !),5 mtn. The labial niar!c when fully extentled is 15 mm. in length ant1 vcry m;tssivr ; it 11:;s Sewer marginal set:ie, 5 only, but nlore crenulations, 8, on the apical bortlcr. Nearly the whole of the abdominal segments possess a robust middor\al spine Imt tho\e on the first three segments are rutlimcntary and ovcrlaitl by the broad wing-ca5es. The legs, as in all Mncro- ~tlirrnymphs, are long and spider>, hint1 femora 11 111111. in length anti all femora with 3 broad black annules.
Allorhizucha lrlingi I 1 rnalc from N'Zo, 2 niales from Yalanzou ant1 :I single female lal)ellccl 5a-30. All are quite typical. Eothemis zygoptera RIS A single fen~alcof this very archaic I,ihelluline, \vhich along with the preceding species belongs to the subfamily Tctrrrfhenlirlne. I have seen specimens of both sexes from the Ivory Coast and I suspect that it is more at homc in these moist coastal areas. The present speci~nenis from N'Zo. Hadrothemis defecta I A illale fro111 Yalanzou ; 2 111:tles, entrc I3i6 ct (;ouCla (23 Eg). The tjpc calnc fro111 Sicrr:t Leone but 111ay not have been c:~pturcdthere as it secins to be a sub~iioiitancspecies in tlistribution. llccently I have receivctl it in scores froill the Belgian Congo where along with the still illorc coii~~l~orluerslrttr I(ARS(:II,it is a donlina~ltspecies. JIost species of the genus Nadrolhernis are gregarious, defecta being one s:~cll, so that the captllre of this solitary indiridual suggests that it was a stray ? Orthetrum bracliiale (I',\I,, i>r: ~~EAuY.) 1 m:tle, 111-6s ilc Ouyahori: (26 ctl). A coltllnoii species ciistributed throaghout Bfrica and the neighbouriiig islands s:tvc to the cxtreiile south and north. Orthetrum caffrum (lJci:~.) 2 111:1les, 2 fe~lialcs,crcte ctc Xion (83 Nb). I have nut fourit1 this sl~ccicsto be at all co~i~nionlyclistributetl although its nanle iluplies such. The late Dr. Ris \vas of opinion that it dicl not occur in \Test Afric:t :~lthough several such reports exist. Orthetrum Abbotti Car,r~:~:,r illales fro111 c13Cte tlc Sion (83 Kl)) ant1 JIont Iiichard-?tIola~--tl(55 Pb). These agree \i~iriih Cttlvert's tlescription ant1 the sl)o!tctl character of the thoracic 1:ttcral ~liarlilngsserve lo tlistinguish the species fro~uchhr-r~so.stignitr anri guirzee~zseto hot11 of which species it bears the closest rcl:~tions. Orthetrum chrysostigma chrysostigma (13uiiar.) ii male, eiitre Bi@et GouPla (23 Eg), anoll~erfront Gou61n (85 Fc) and a third frorn < crCte de Kion >> (83 Sb). Orthetrum stenimale capense Ca~,vr:r{~ This is thc co111111o11estOl~fhetrrrr~i of Africa :and is wcll rcl)rrsei~tctlin the present material. rrlalc fro111 1It TA (1.GG0 m.), 1 Icniale, N'Zo ; ~ttale:lnd fe~tiale froin Kion, 1 female fron~Y:tlanzou, male, 15, male, Rossou (69 I Palpopleura lucia lucia (1)nuris) 1:emalrs froin Yalanzou ant1 Kkoulcntn ; 9 males antl a felnale, Ouyakork (26 cd) ; 6 males, I3ossou (6'3 Kf) ; a female ant1 a male, prbs N'Zo (36 IW). This species has beer1 described as two subspecies 1r:cin antl porfiu hut after having exaruinetl lnany h~undredsfro111 a nu~nherof witlely (listant localities, I have come to the conclusion that xvh:rt ne arc :~ctuallytlenling with is a single species with t\vo tiifrerent forms of the rn;rle ; one copying the r'eniale, arltlrornorphs or portia, the other ~~'iththc greater part of tlie wings opaque, which I regard as hcle~*oniol~phs. Thermochoria equivocata KII-RY A single fernale of this rather uncolriilioll species fro111 Yalanzau. Diplacodes lefebvrei (I'\aaruuii) 4 illales and a feiilale, entr-e Bic': et Goui.l:l (23 Eg). l'his is one of the coillillollest :mtl 11iost witlely spreatl of cthiopian Oclonnltr, c~tendingfroin the \Test coast of Africa eastwartls to hInuritios and the West coast of Intli:~ailcl as far north as Iraq ant1 Pcrsia. JI~ichvariatioll is fount1 in the vrlng colouring of the males antl in the size of the insects, the largest, ~vhicll1 have seen, co~llillgfrom BIatlaguscar allti Blacritiur ant1 the sillallest froill \Irestern Intlia ant1 the I'er5ian Gulf. One illale of tbc prc.ie;lt series has the apices of the wings inluscatetl, the others w~ithontany visible m:irkings ; one spcciillen is very lliinlrte and measurcs 5onle 3 mm. bclow the mini~nunigiven by Kis. Crocothemis erythraea (Biruzrk) 'I'hcre arc 2 illales ant1 2 fcrllnles of this ubiquitous species which is tiistri- butetl from south Europe to south Africa ant1 hladagascar. I'rbs (tu Cavally ($1llc!), crOte tle Nion (83 NI,), Goukla (85 Fc) ancl cntl-e Uii. el Goo6la (23 Eg). Crocothemis divisa I<~i Philo~iomonluminans (I<.insc~) Two pairs from Ni~nba,crCtc tlc Xioil (83 Nb). Appears to be locally coininon aritl yet \vitlcly tlistributed throughout tropical antl subtropical Africa. Thc genus c:ln hardly be separated from Sympetrunl. Trithemis arteriosa (I~LII~Rz.) 5 males from Yalanzou, 1 male from Skrengbara, 1-XII-51 ; 5 males, prhs du Ca~ally(81 Da). The specimens were deterrliinetl by their genitalia, thcir red t r.louration antl the high ilotlal ~ntlex.(:amnion and very widely distributed. Trithemis annulata (P,zr,. I)E BEAI'V.) 3 males, entre Bii. et GouCla (23 Eg), This is ailother reddish species distin- guished frorn the last by its larger size, lower ~lotlnlindex RIIC~shape of genitalia. llas a distribation closely paralleling that of the last ~pccies. Trithemis pruinata I Trithemis Donaldsoni C.~J.VEI%T 1 rnalc, prbs du Cavally (81 Dd). 1)istinguished from T. Dasitincta RIS and h~cateRrs by the absrrlce of a dnrk brown basal marl Tholymis tillargs Faul;. A niale, crCte dc Nion (83 h'b). Tliis is a c*repuscul:~rspecies, not appearing on the xving until dusk when it is conspicuous only on account of a broad niil~cy white, pseutiolunii~iouspalch on the centre of its \vings. Xot uncommonly it is pilt up during daylight when walking tliro~ighlong grass or scrub in which the insect prefers to sleep tluring daylight lioilrs. A large jar of spirit spcci~iiensof nyn~phsof Otloitata accompanied the above collection but as the tlescril)tions ant1 figuring of these is likely to take a long lime, these nlust be deferred fo; n later paper. It i\ liossible however to give the generic naines of nlost of the n\nll)hs anti front this ~t is seen that the collection of i~nagines does not nearly rcllect the richness of the Otionate fauna of RIt S~niba.Thus although there is not a single rcprcsentative of the fanlilies L,eslrdue, iiesh~:id(xeand tion~phzduealiiong !he iiiiagines in the collection, nymplis of the Lesfitlcie aniormt to rather more than one tenth of the whole, Aeshitidae one and a half percent anci (;o~ttphrtlueto as high a figure as a quarter or 25 per cent of the whole. The latter arc 111atlc up of at le,~stfot11- genera, viz Phyllo- gomphrzs, Ictzltogoii~pli:i,s,l'drtr- or Otzyt hogc,niphzis a~itla fourth which liiay be allyone of ~Of~{]onlphils,Illustcito~~ttittc or soiile other genus. It is hoped that the tcnatio11 of the wings will be sufliciently prescrvetl in the wing-pads to give sorile clue to the genera involved. The iteshnu, fro111 its enoi-iiious size, is no doubt Artcrx t~istisHaah (= Aritrx golrcrthrrs Scr,ls), ant1 has an overall length of 63 min. ; [his compares wit11 ahout 52 nlni. for the european Anax imperator LE~CH.I am iinformed that A. fristls is but rarely seen and is very tlifficult to capture as it lieeps well oat over deep water. The 1,es:es n)iiq)hs are all sin:lll and probably rcprcsent Lestes t~.ltle~ts~~~~.L.\cFII,.As, b~tt~t will he i~iipossibleto determine the spccics with accurac). A great iiuniber of Zygopterous nj~iiphsrepresent species or Supho, Untmtr, Chloroc.ypl~rrnntl Coe~~c~y~~ioizs,Ihe latter probably inostly Pse~zdngrzons.The I,~bellulinc nj1ilph5 belong to several genera ; a few of Orthe- f~nmarc present 1)ut the inajority are of such early instars that it nlay be iiripossiblc to cieterniine tllen~; I note a single atiult Pairt~rluflaoesce~ts which is of interest in that it ticnotes that this ~iiigratorj spccics breeds local!y. Lastly there are about a tlozen of 11lucro111itrof various i11st:irs ant1 belonging niostly to sophru S~LYS. NEUROPTERA Palpares tigris I).~L>I. A female Iron1 JIt h'i~uba,1-1V-42. It tiiffurs sligiltly fro111 type by the bands Inore opaque and less reticulatetl, A male talien on the salilc (late is lcss heavily lnarlied. These niay indicate a local raw which I name gaiiteense characterisecl lty a greater melanism of the \ving pattern so that the nct-worli like character of tlic spots ant1 bands is replaced by more uniiorm areas. Palpares aegrotus <;r:i:s~.\~ce~n A single fe111:tle wit11 ty1)ically ~n:~rltedwings. IIayenomyia tristis (11at;~:s) Typical males of this \\-itle-sprextl ailti coiui1:on spccies, 4-IV-42. Macroleon lyncens (FAI~.) 2 ~nalesfroill Ziila (5 I3 :ulcl (i A). So variation save t11at clue to the age of the spccimen is to be seen in these. Macroleon validus ~~~:L.\CIII..~N A singlc fcnlalc, 3-IV. A co~t~monant1 witlrly tlistsil)utcd species. Chrysopa u~ldulatalJl:.zs~rn A sin:;le feill:lle fl.0111 Nion, Ni~i~ta,2-1'1-$2, coll. 11. T,amotle. Distinguished by its crimson n~arki~~gs:mcl the con\pict~o~~sbl:rcl\ line c;n the gratlnte veinr (I:raser, !!!;I, Rrl~.1;rcrnt.. tl'Erlf., IS : 58). T>pe in tl~clluste X:~tion:~ltl'Histoire Nnt~1rc2lc.l'nris. Euclimacia grandis (Enrcr~slr~) A pair of this fine species from Iii.oulent:~,RIt Xiillha, 7-XII-51, collected hy 31. Lamotte ant1 H. l Spilosnlylus africanus (I Several oL ttoth sc\e~Eron~ Jlt Ti,, 1.800 111. Disparomitus bacillus (GE~:S.I.) A singlc fcmalc from Ellan~o11. Distrib~~tetlLhrougliout Central tropical Africa. Dipseudopsis africana UI~MEI; Rlales. Xixnba, 7-XII-51. Dipseudopsis sl). A female with same data as preceding, hut :~pparcntly not of the same species ? Polymorphanisus elizabethae SAVAS Xunierous spcci~iiensof hot11 sexes fro111 ?tit P\'ilnb:i, 7-XII-51, collected by 11. I,n~iiottc ant1 H. Roy. (All itientiiications by I). E. IC~~rarr~s,Rriiish I1Iuseuin i\':itural History). PLECOPTERA Neoperla opio Nrinxr.\x 14 single I'ci~ale,lit Ni~nba. Chrysoperla sp. A m:~lcfrom XIt Nimba, 4-IV-1!)42 ant1 n i'cmalc frtm Ouyaltorb (26). Bibliography of the Neuropterida Bibliography of the Neuropterida Reference number (r#): 2399 Reference Citation: Fraser, F. C. 1954 [1954.??.??]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mont Nimba. Fascicule II. I. Neuroptera (sens Linn.). Memoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 40:9-15. Copyrights: Any/all applicable copyrights reside with, and are reserved by, the publisher(s), the author(s) and/or other entities as allowed by law. No copyrights belong to the Bibliography of the Neuropterida. Work made available through the Bibliography of the Neuropterida with permission(s) obtained, or with copyrights believed to be expired. Notes: File: File produced for the Bibliography of the Neuropterida (BotN) component of the Lacewing Digital Library (LDL) Project, 2010.