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maturity ; pterostigma somewhat narrower than iu '^rftet ('.<! at inn, 

 costal-distal angle very acute. 



$ . So similar to the female of i>raetej'f(ifnnt that it is scarcely to 

 be distinguished otherwise than by its smaller si/.e. The relation of 

 both females to the respective males is made certain by pairs taken in. 

 copuld. 



<?, AM. 26-5, MIC. 19 mm. $ , 27'5, 21. 



PSEUDAGRION NATALENSE, 11. S]>. 



S. Ai'r. Mus.: 8 <^,5 $, M'Fongosi, Zululaiid (lii, iv, v, ix, x, 

 xi . 1911, W. E. Jones). British Museum : 1 ^ , 1 ? , Willow Grange, 

 Mooi River, Natal (20, 21 . i . 1913, E. C. Wroughton). Coll. K. J. 

 Morton : 1 , Stutterheini, Cape Colony (13 . i . 1908, Miss Fountaine). 

 . Occiput and labiuni dull ochreous. Labruni olivaceous brown, 

 a black point at base. Anteclypeus very dark olivaceous, postclypeus 

 blackish, genae light olivaceous brown. Frons and vertex black ; a 

 band of dense whitish pruinosity between base of auteuna,e and anterior 

 ocellus posteriorly and the base of postclypeus anteriorly. Postocular 

 spots comparatively large, transversely oval, dull greenish. Prothonix 

 black, sides rather narrowly reddish ochreous, slightly whitish pruinose. 

 Thoracic dors urn bronze black, slightly whitish pruinose; very narrow,, 

 greenish ante-humeral lines, complete or interrupted, nearer to humeral 

 than to median suture. Dark colour invading the sides to not fullv 

 half-way between, humeral suture and nietastigma ; narrow black lines 

 on dorsal half of (obliterated) first, on full length of second lateral 

 suture ; sides and ventral surface otherwise light ochreous. Legs 

 black, external side of tibiae and tarsi ochreous, femora pruinose. 

 Dorsum of abdomen bronzy black with rather dense, greyish-blue 

 pruinosity, gradually diminishing to the terminal segments ; sides and 

 ventral side light reddish ochreous. Appendages (Text-fig. 27) reddish 

 ochreous, dorsal branch of superior blackish. A* at Cuq or very 

 slightly proximal ; pterostigma very narrow, proximal-anal and distal 

 costal angle almost equally acute, very light reddish-brown to almost 

 pure red. 



9 . Similar to praetextatum, but easily distinguished by its larger 

 size and peculiar narrow shape and the reddish colour of the ptero- 

 stigma. Labrum, ante- and postclypeus, geuae, frons to anterior 

 ocellus orange-brown. Postocular spots larger than in male, dull 

 greenish, connected by a narrow line over the occipital margin. Pro- 

 thorax with a longitudinal median band and two lateral spots 

 olivaceous ; posterior lobe rather prominent, almost semicircular ; 



