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LESTES VIRGATUS (Burmeister, 1839). 



S. Afr. Mns. : 1 (J , 1 9 , Kino- William's Town District, St. Mathews 

 (iv . 1894, R, M. Lightfoot) ; 1 ?, Duubrody (3 . vi . 1912) ; 1 <J, 

 Matopa Dam, Bulawayo (16 . ii . 1911) ; 1 9 Zambesi River, near 

 Sunyati River (v . 1912). Collections of Brit. Museum, Stockholm 

 and E. B.Williamson : 8 $ , 6 9 , Salisbury, Mashonaland (iii, iv . 1900, 

 iv . 1904, iii, iv, v . 1905, Gr. A. K. Marshall). Brit. Museum: 1 $ , 

 2 9 , Chirinda Forest, Gazaland, 3000-4000 ft. (3, 7, 19 . x . 1905, id.) ; 

 1 $ , Mungesi River, S.E. Mashonaland (25 . x . 1905, id.). Coll. K. J. 

 Morton: 1 9, Durban, Natal (16 . xii . 1907, Miss M. Fountaine), 

 Coll. E. B. Williamson: 1 , Natal, 1 9, Princetown, Natal 



FIG. 11. Lestes virgatus, . Chirinda Forest. Appendages, right side 



and dorsal view. 



(7.U.1910, G. F. Leigh). Mns. Tervueren': 3 cf, 2 9, Kapiri, 

 Katanga (ix . x . 1912, Legros). 



$ . Labium and occiput whitish yellow. Labrum and anteclypeus 

 olivaceous. Genae and base of mandibles yellowish. Postclypeus 

 and anterior margin of frons ferruginous. Dorsal surface of head 

 otherwise blackish brown with metallic green reflections ; towards the 

 eyes and the posterior border dull reddish brown, this colour projecting 

 anteriorly in two variable and irregular spots between the lateral ocelli 

 and the eyes. Pro thorax dull reddish brown with the merest trace of 

 metallic sheen. Thoracic dorsum ferruginous; two pai'allel bands of 

 brilliant metallic green occupy almost exactly the median third 

 of each mesepisternum. Sides ferruginous on the mesepimeron and 

 anterior half of mesinfraepisternum, turning abruptly to sulphur 

 yellow on metepisternum and metepinieron ; a metallic green stripe 

 on the upper three-fourths of mesepimerou, an incomplete brownish 



