266 Aniiiih of the South African Museum. 



heail (Uid tliorax are somewhat verluced in extent, tlie nietepisterual 

 stripes uucomplete or interrupted ; tlieir colour dark brassy or coppery 

 with a slight greenish lustre. Wings almost uniformly yellowish, the 

 colour duller than in tlie male and the bluish iridescence i'ar less 

 brilliant. 



S , Ahd. .58, hdw. 38, pt. 1-5 mm. 9 , 53, 41. 



1 B. Family AGRIOKIDAK. 



1. Pterostigma comparatively large, covering two or more cells. Supple- 



mentary short sectors between the distal ends of some or most of the 

 regular veins. Quadrilateral with the anal-distal angle very acute. 

 (Plate VI, fig. 8, Plate VII, figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.) Spines of femora and 

 tibiae long. Superior appendages of males forcipate . . 2. 



Pterostigma small, covering one cell or less, only e.YCeptiuually more. 

 No supplementary short sectors. (Plate VII, figs. 7, 8, !). 10, Plate VIII. 

 fig. 1). Superior appendages of males not forcipate . . .3. 



2. Origin of M'i and bridge of R<t nearer to the arcuhis than the nodus. 



Origin of A* at Cuq. (Plate VI, fig. 8) testes. 



Origin of Hf3 and bridge of Rs in the nodal region, pre lomiiiuitly M'i at 

 tlie subnodus and bridge of Us one or two cells distallj'. Origin of A* 

 distal to Cmj. (Plate VII, figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) . . . Chlorolesles. 



3. Quadrilateral rectangular or very nearly so. (Plate VII, figs. 7,8, 9, lU.) 



Spines of tibiae long 4. 



Quadrilatei'al oblique, the aual-di.stal angle acute. (Plate VllI, fig. 1.) 

 Spines of tibiae short .......... 7. 



4. Origin of A* at Cuq or very little proximal, not more than tlie lengtli of 



Cuq. (Plate VII, figs. 7, 8, 9) 5. 



Origin of A* very consideralily pro.xiiiial to Cuq, several times the 

 length of Cuq. Quadrilateral slightly more oblique than (5) auc^shorter, 

 approaching the form of (7). Bs at subnodus, M3 proximal by one ceU. 

 (Plate VII, fig. 10) Metacnemis. 



5. Ciii; fully developed, exceeding the level ui' iiujus by a number of cells. 



Origin of A* at Cuq. 



M3 at subnodus. Us distal by one cell. (Plate VII, fig. 7) . Allocnemis. 

 Cu 2 incomiilete or absent, exceeding the level of nodus at most by one 

 cell. (Plate VII, figs. 8, 9) H. 



6. Cu 2 exceeding the distal side of quadrilateral by one cell in front wing, 



by two cells in hind wing. 



Origin of A* at Cuq, MS at subnodus, Rs one or two cells distal, 



(Plate VII, fig. 8.) Abdomen excessively long and slender. 



Chlorocneviis. 

 Cu 2 not developed ; ^1* stopping at the vein which continues the distal 

 side of quadrilateral. Origin of .4* slightly proximal to Cm}. Rs at 

 subnodus, M3 proximal by one cell. (Plate VIII, fig. 9.) Abdomen 

 modei'ately long and slender Visparoneura. 



