268 BritisJi Dragoujiics. 



with brownish ocelh. Eyes greenish below, brownish 

 above, a round bhie spot behind each. ProtJiorax roughly 

 triangular, with apex, which is rounded, behind ; margins 

 blue. Meso- and meta-thorax blue lateral!}', bronze- 

 black, with two longitudinal blue stripes dorsally ; points 

 between the wings blue. U'/z/os h}'aline, nervures pale 

 brown. Ptcrostigma rhomboidal, yellow, internalh' dark 

 brown on the fore-wings. Legs pale, with a black streak 

 externall}'. Abdomen bronze-black ; first five sutures 

 between segments \-ellow, except the first interrupted 

 mid-dorsally ; eighth segment blue posteriorly, ninth 

 entirely, tenth laterally ; below yellowish ; on the dorsal 

 hind-margin of tenth segment a short, bifid tubercle, 

 pointing backwards, ^'ello^\•-tipped. Anal appendages^ 

 upper short, curved upwards and inwards, black above, 

 reddish below ; lower longer, sharp, curved inwards, 

 black above, yellowish below. 



Female Imago. 



With the female, in general )-ellow takes the place 

 of the blue on head and thorax, \\hile bronze replaces 

 it on segments 8, 9, and 10 of the abdomen. On the 

 first two segments of the abdomen the colour tends 

 towards a yellowish-brown. The eighth segment ter- 

 minates below in a spine. Anal appendages short, conical, 

 orange. Ovipositoi- sharp-pointed, reaching as far as the 

 anal appendages. Pterosfignia pale orange. 



Variation. 



In var. ani-antiaea of the female, the head, thorax 

 (with prothorax), legs, first two segments of the abdomen, 

 and part of the third, almost entirely orange. Nervures 



