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Abdominal segment 1 reddisli brown, dorsally black, whitish 

 priiinose ; 2 bronzy green, a narrow basal ring and the lateral border 

 to the middle, where this colour ascends dorsally, reddish brown ; 3 to 

 6 light reddish brown, marked with dark In'onzy green ; a broad 

 terminal ring, somewhat less than the apical fourth ; a dorsal band, 

 broad at the beginning at about one-fifth of the segment's length from 

 the anterior margin, gradually narrowing to a somewhat diffuse con- 

 fluence with the terminal ring ; 7 black, a narrow basal brownish ring, 

 dorsally interrupted ; 8-10 black, 9-1 with thin whitish pruinosity. 

 Appendages black (Text-fig. 16). 



Neuratiou (Plate VII, fig. 3). Pterostigma dark brown, the distal 

 end very narrowly lighter. 



Abd. 38 -f 1-5, hdio. 27, ^it. < 2 mm. 



Chlorolestes umbrata (Selys, 1862). 



Mus. Brussels (formerly de Selys' Collection); 1 <J, being a type 

 of the original description, as testified by the following labels : 

 {Chlorolestes uiitbratuin, H. (J [in Selys' hand]/ Schneider Charpeutier. 

 (id.) I L. umbrata . . . Cap. b. sp. [in Hagen's hand] Prom. b. 

 sp. / Mus. Berol.) Brit. Museum: 1 J", bearing an old round label 

 C[ape of] a[ood] H[ope] 42 70. 



Both specimens belong to the same species, which is not otherwise 

 represented in our series and is evidently a very distinct species. In 

 the Selysian specimen the ^dominal segments 7-10 are lost (replaced 

 by the corresponding segments of Allocnemis leucosticta) ; in the 

 British Museum siaecimen the colours are not in good condition and 

 the left pair of wings is lost. 



(^ . Labium dull brown. Occiput black. Labrum, anteclypeus, 

 genae, base of mandibles and frons to the base of antennae dull 

 reddish brown (discoloured and probably lighter in well-preserved 

 specimens) ; dorsal side of head otherwise black, with an appearance of 

 rather large reddish brown (as above) postocular spots. Prothorax 

 metallic green, sides narrowly yellowish. Thoracic dorsum brilliant 

 metallic green, this colour occupying also part of the sides, the mes- 

 epimei'on entirely ; a large cuneiform stripe on the metepisternum, 

 the entire breadth of the sclerite at the dorsal end, a point just above 

 the metastigma ; on the metepimeron a small spot near dorsal end of 

 second lateral suture, narrowly joined to metepisternal black stripe. 

 Light yellowish brown or orange : a very narrow line on humeral 

 suture stopping a little short of the dorsal end ; a small round spot 

 in the autero-dorsal angle of mesepimeron ; ventral half of metepi- 



