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W. E. Jones); 1 <J , Barkly West (xii . 1893, L. Peringuey) ; 3 <J, 

 1 $, Dunbrody, Blue Cliff* (ii . 1912). Brit, Mus. : 1 tf, Salisbury 

 (1904, Marshall) ; 1 $ , Mazoe, 4700 ft., Mashonalancl(27 . xii . 1905, 

 id.) ; 1 (J, 1 9, Willow Grange, Mooi Kiver, Natal (21 . i . 1913, 

 E. C. Wroughton). Coll. K. J. Morton : 2 <J , 1 9 , King Williamstown, 

 1 ?, Stutterheim (2, 4, 16 . i . 1908, Miss Pountaine). Coll. E. B. 

 Williamson, 6^,59, Salisbury (x . 1899 ; i, iii, x . 1900 ; iv . 1905 ; 

 Marshall) ; 8 g, 3 $ , Priucetown, Natal (6, 8, 10, 12, 19, xii . 1908; 

 7, 19 . ii . 1909, G. P. Leigh) ; 1 rf , 1 9 , Hilton Bead, Natal 

 (19, 21 . xii . 1909, id.). 



South African and East African, reaching northward to Abyssinia ; 

 also known from Madagascar. Specimens from equatorial West 

 Africa have been considered as racially different by the writer, but they 

 may perhaps be claimed as a distinct species when these forms are 

 better known. T. Distant i is one of the characteristic species of the 

 South African fauna; in dealing with Helothemis Jorsalis we have 

 mentioned its striking resemblance to that species. 



PSEUDOMACEOMIA (Kirby, 1889). 



An African genus consisting of large species, some of them among 

 the largest of Libellulinae. In structural and neural details evidently 

 allied to Trithemis, which are only medium-sized species. Part 

 of the species vellow and black or metallic green, by this colour 

 system, large size and general stature resembling the Corduline genus 

 Macromia. They are evidently strong flyers and not common species, 

 and the genus is therefore very imperfectly known. 



In hind wing 4 to 5 rows of cells between ^4 3 and the wing's edge ; 2 rows 

 of cells between Rs and Rspl in most specimens. Tooth of tarsal claws 

 small, shorter than point of claw. Male : Labium yellowish with broad 

 median black band ; face dark olivaceous to blackish ; frons very dark 

 metallic violet, narrowly lined with yellow anteriorly and at the sides. 

 Thorax black with metallic green or blue reflections and yellow mark- 

 ings ; broad, medially diffuse band in front of humeral suture ; narrow 

 incomplete line touching metastigma ; two spots between this line and 

 second lateral suture; ventral half of metepimeron. Legs black. 

 Abdomen little widened at base ; scarcely contracted at third segment ; 

 segments 4-10 almost parallel, triquetral, very gradually narrowed to 

 end. Abdomen black with yellow markings, very light on segments 2-3, 

 turning to ochreous posteriorly ; lateral spot on segment 2 ; narrow 

 basal ring and broad medio-lateral spot on 3-4 ; 58 oval medio-lateral 

 spot and narrow line on mid-dorsal carina, this line sometimes fused to 

 lateral spots ; 9- 10 black. Wings hyaline or very slightly stained with 



