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Chlorolestes LONOICA0DA (Bumieister, 1839). 



S. Afr. Mus. : 12 cj, 10 9, Barbevtou, Transvaal (Edwards, dated 

 1 c? V . 1911, 1 9 xi) ; 4 (J, 2 ? , M'Fongosi, Zululand (W. E. Jones, 

 dated 20 . ii, iv . 1911). Coll. K. J. Morton: 1 c?. Natal ; 1 c?, 1 9 . 

 Eshowe, Zululand (16, 17 . iii . 1908, Miss Fountaiue). 



(^ . Colour and pattern of head and thorax almost exact!}' similar 

 to preceding species. Postclypeus bronze black to metallic green. 

 On metepimeron an interrupted and somewhat diffuse brown band 

 near the second lateral suture ; this band covered in fully mature 

 specimens by a whitish pniinosity, which also invades the meta- 

 sterna. Abdomen dorsally black (none of the specimens of tessellata 



Pia. 18. — Otlorolestes longicauda, S- Barbei-ton. Appendages, riglit 

 side and dorsal view. 



examined are fully mature, the difference in colour of alidomen 

 being probably due to age), with a metallic green lustre, rather 

 brilliant on segments 1-2, gradually passing to dull bronze and 

 black to the end ; sides of 1-2 broadly yellow, of 3-8 with a very 

 narrow lateral yellow line, interrupted by a broad terminal black ring 

 and narrow basal yellow ring. Dull greyish pruinosity on segments 1 

 and 8-10, brilliant white on 9 in some specimens. Appendages black 

 (Text-iig. 18). 



Wings hyaline, narrowly and faintly brown at the tips. Ptei'ostigma 

 bi-coloured in younger specimens : black in proximal half, whitish 

 vellow in very immature examples, rich ferruginous in the distal 

 half in more mature specimens. In fully mature individuals the 



