Podolestes orientalis Selys .

Lieftinck, M. A., 1935, A Synopsis of the Odonata (Dragonflies) of Sumatra, Miscellanea Zoologica Sumatrana 1, pp. 1-23 : 6

29. Podolestes orientalis Selys. -

Eastcoast Gvt:: ♂♀ Deli, Soekaranda ( Kruger). Westcoast Res.: ♀ Mt. Ophir distr.. plain country ( Ris) ., S. Lampoeng Res.: 4 ♂ (ad.), Kotaagoeng. Semangkabay . Dec. 26. 1934, Author leg. - Also reported from Borneo, the Malay Peninsula (Pahang), and the Riouw Archipelago (not " Kiour" as stated by Selys). My specimens were taken along a very small muddy brook, flowing through secondary forest, near the coast; the ♀ was also seen, but I failed to capture any. It is a robust insect. differing in some respects from a small series in my collection from W. Borneo. which are, I think. racially distinct from Sumatran specimens, More material of the type locality ("Malacca"?) is needed to ascertain the validity of subspecies, The Lampoeng series will be described at some other place.