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narrow basal rings on segments 2-7 light, yellowish brown ; a narrow 

 mid-dorsal line on segments 2-8 ferruginous. Appendages dark 

 brown (Text-fig. 12). Wings (see page 270). 



9 Very similar to ^ in colour and markings. Sides of segments 

 8-10 and valves ferruginous. 



J , AM. 35 + 1, M.w. 25, 2 )t. 2 mm. 9 , 35, 27, 2'5. 



FIG. 12. Lestes amicus, $ . Kapiri. Appendages, right side and 



dorsal view. 



LESTES PLAGIATUS (Burmeister, 1839). 



S. Afr. Mus. : 1 <J, I.?, Waterval, Transvaal (9 . xi . 1899 ; 

 16 . xi . 1902) ; Acornhoek, Transvaal (xii . 1918, Tucker) ; 1 <J, East 

 London (1885, J. Borcherd) ; 2 9, Dunbrody (4. iii . 1912); 1 9, 

 Bietfonteiu (30 . x . 1904) ; 1 9 , M'Fongosi, Zululand ; 1 9 , Matopo 

 Dam, Bulawayo (16 . ii . 1911) ; 1 <$ , Zambesi River, near Sanyati 

 River (v . 1912). Brit. Mus. and Coll. E. B. Williamson: 5* rf , 

 2 9, Salisbury, Mashonaland (iv . 1899; ii . 1900; iv . 1905, 

 Gr. A. K. Marshall). Brit. Mus. : 1 ? , Mazoe 4000 ft,, Mashonaland 

 (25 . xii . 1905, id.). Coll. K. J. Morton: 1 <J, Natal. Coll. 

 E.B. Williamson : 1 ? , Princetown, Natal (9 . xii . 1908, G. F. Leigh). 

 Mus. Tervueren : 1 rf, Sankina (30 . vii . 1911, Dr. Bequaert). Coll. 

 Ris: 3 cJ, 2 9, Botchabelo, Transvaal, 1200 m. (17, 23 . ii . 1914, 

 H. Junod). 



(J (adult). Labium and occiput whitish yellow. Labrum ante- 

 clypeus, genae and base of mandibles olivaceous. Dorsal surface of 

 head dull black. Prothorax dorsally black. Thoracic dorsuni black ; 

 a very narrow line on the median suture and a rather broad band at 

 the humeral suture olivaceous, the latter occupying nearly the lateral 

 third of the mesepisternum and stopping slightly short of the ventral 



