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small circular blue postocular spots. Prothorax black, sides and 

 anterior margin broadly light green, a very narrow green border at 

 posterior lobe. Posterior lobe moderately broad, semi-erect, nearly 

 semicircular in outline, with a small notch near each lateral end. 

 Thoracic dorsum black, this colour invading the sides to first lateral 

 suture ; narrow, complete ante-humeral lines ; remainder of sides and 

 ventral side very light green ; a minute black dot in dorsal end of 

 second lateral suture. Legs whitish, incomplete black lines on lateral 

 side of femora ; indication of two dark rings on second and third 

 femora. 



Abdomen segments 1-3 bronzy black on dorsum, with a shade of 

 metallic blue, 1-2 greenish, 3 ochreous laterally ; 4-5 ochreous or 

 light orange, with a narrow mid-dorsal dark line, which is enlarged 

 near the end, and followed by a narrow complete orange ring at the 



FIG. 43. Agriocnemis exills, $. Beira. Appendages, right side and 



ventral view. 



end of each segment ; 7 black dorsally, orange laterally, and in a 

 complete terminal ring ; 8-10 bright orange red. Appendages orange 

 red (Text-fig. 43). 



Pterostigma greyish ochreous ; 6 post-nodal cross-veins in front 

 wing, 5-G in hind wing. 



9 . Labium, ante- and postclypeus orange, very narrow black 

 transverse lines at base of labrum and postclypeus. Postocular spots 

 orange, very large, cuneiform, fused to light colour of occiput. Hind 

 lobe of prothorax trilobate ; median lobe very narrow in antero-posterior 

 direction ; side lobes nearly semicircular in outline, projecting by 

 about twice the height of median lobe. Thoracic dorsum black in a 

 broad median stripe and a very narrow line in humeral suture ; the 

 much enlarged ante-humeral band and side to first lateral suture 

 ochreous or very light orange ; rest of sides and ventral side gradually 

 shading through light green to whitish. 



