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AiimiU of Ihe South African Museum. 



Lestes virgatus (Burmeister, 1839). 



S. Af r. Mus. : 1 J , 1 9 , King William's Town District, St. Mathews 

 (iv . 1894, R. M. Lightfoot); 1 9 , Dunbrodj- (3 . vi . 1912) ; 1 ^, 

 Matopa Dam, Bulawayo (16 . ii . 1911) ; 1 9 > Zambesi River, near 

 Simvati River (v . 1912). Collections of Brit. Museum, Stockholm 

 and E. B.Williamson : 8 J- , 6 9 , Salisbury, Mashonaland (iii, iv . 1900, 

 iv . 1904, iii, iv, v . 1906, G. A. K. Marshall). Brit. Museum: 1 S' 

 2 9 , Chiriuda Forest, Gazaland, 3600-4000 ft. (3, 7, 19 . x . 1905, id.) ■ 

 1 9 , Maugesi River, S.E. Mashonaland (25 . x . 1905, id.). Coll. K. J. 

 Morton: 1 9, Durban, Natal (16 . xii . 19'e7, Miss M. Fouutaiue). 

 Coll. E. B. Williamson: 1 S, Natal, 1 9, Princetown, Natal 



¥10. 11. — Lestes virgatus, g. Cliivinda Forest. Apjjendages, right side 

 and dorsal view. 



(7 . ii . 1910, G. F. Leigh). Mus. Tervueren : 3 S,~ 9, Kapiri, 

 Katanga (ix . x . 1912, Legros). 



{J. Labium and occiput whitish vellow. Labrum and auteclvpeus 

 olivaceous. Geuae and base of mandibles yellowish. Postclypeus 

 and anterior margin of frons ferruginous. Dorsal surface of head 

 otherwise blackish brown with metallic green reflections ; towards the 

 eves and the posterior border dull reddish bi^own, this colour projecting 

 anteriorly in two variable and irregular spots between the lateral ocelli 

 and the eves. Prothorax dull reddish brown with the merest trace of 

 metallic sheen. Thoracic dorsum ferruginous; two parallel bands of 

 brilliant metallic green occupy almost exactly the median third 

 of each mesepisteruum. Sides ferruginous on the mesepimeron and 

 anterior half of mesinfraepisternum, turning abruptly to sulphur 

 yellow on metepisternum and nietepimeron ; a metallic green stripe 

 on the upper three-fourths of mesepimeron, an incomplete brownish 



