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stripe on the second lateral suture. Ventral side whitish yellow; 

 metasterna bordered laterally by a narrow but very distinct blackish 

 line, which begins at the posterior third (where there is a break in the 

 outline of the sclerite) and continues anteriorly to the median ventral 

 suture, projecting as a very narrow branch on the inetepimeron near 

 its anterior end. Legs yellowish brown ; lateral side of femora, ventral 

 side of tibiae, tarsi and spines black. 



Dorsum of abdomen metallic green, passing gradually into dull 

 Uackish brown on the terminal segments ; a very narrow median line 

 ferruginous on segments 2-5. 



Sides yellowish or reddish brown on segments 1-7, the blackish 

 colour of dorsum projecting in rather broad terminal rings on 3-7. 

 Appendages dark brown (Text-fig. 11). Wings (see p. 270). 



9 . Very similar iti colour and markings to male. In some very 

 mature specimens the metallic colour of the thoracic bauds and dorsum 

 of abdomen turns to coppery or dark bronzy green. 



<J , AM, 39 + 1, Mw. 27, pt. 2 mm. 9 , 38, 29, 2. 



LESTES AMICTJS (R. Martin, 1910). 



British Museum : 2 9 , N.E. Rhodesia, Upper Luangwa River 

 (27 . vii . 1913, viii . 1910, S. A. Neave). Mus. Tervuereu : I J, 89, 

 Kapiri, Katanga (ix, x . 1912, Legros) ; 1 9 , Kihseuda (12 . vi . 1912, 

 Dr. Bequaert). 



c . Labium whitish. Occiput yellowish, a black spot on each 

 side on the anterior half. Labrum and anteclypeus dull reddish 

 brown ; postclypeus blackish with two dull reddish-brown transverse 

 lines. Grenae and base of mandibles light yellow. Dorsal surface of 

 head black along the eyes and over the ocelli, ferruginous at the 

 occipital border and anterior to the ocelli. Prothorax ferruginous, with 

 two small dorsal metallic green spots. Thoracic dorsum ferruginous; 

 two brilliant metallic green parallel stripes, each nearly as broad as 

 the ferruginous band on the median suture. Sides ferruginous on the 

 mesepimerou, where another metallic green stripe occupies the dorsal 

 two-thirds of the sclerite ; otherwise whitish yellow, a metepisternal 

 ferruginous stripe, broader dorsally, narrow ventrally, running from 

 the dorsal end of the second lateral suture across the metastigma to 

 the third coxa. Ventral side whitish ; blackish lines on the metasterna 

 much as in L. virgatus. Legs reddish brown ; lateral side of femora, 

 ventral side of tibiae, tarsi and spines black. 



Abdomen dorsally metallic green, less brilliant than the thoracic 

 stripes and gradually darkening on the terminal segments ; sides and 



