Th,> OJiiiiata or Dragon ft lea of SoiitJi Afric 



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BliiL'k colour invading the sides to about half-way between the humeral 

 suture and nietastigma ; sides otherwise greenish ; a complete narrow 

 black band on second lateral suture ; a similar baud on dorsal half of 

 (obliterated) first lateral suture, joiuiug the humeral black colour at 

 dorsal end. Metepimeron and metastei-na slightly whitish pruinose. 

 Legs light reddish brown, black lines on lateral surface, broad on 

 femora, narrow on tibiae. Abdomen very slender ; segments 1-7 

 bronzy black dorsally, light greenish yellow on sides ; 8-10 greyish 

 blue (probably bright blue in living insect). 



Appendages (Text-fig. 24) blackish. In some specimens the ventral 



Fio. 2i.—Psendagrioa anqoleiisc, ^. M'Pongosi. 

 side and dorsal view. 



Ap2>eiid!ige«, rig'lit 



medial margin of dorsal branch is seen to end pro.ximally in a sharp, 

 upturned, medially protracted angle, those of both sides touching in 

 median line ; in others this structure is concealed by the tenth segment 

 (as ill the specimen figured). Wings slightly tinged with yellowish. 

 A* at Cuq. Pterostigma rather long, not very oblique, reddish brown. 



No females in the examined collections. 



c^ , Abd. 33, Mw. 216 to 35-5, pt. 24 mm. (M'Fongosi). 



The co-type from Angola is slightly more robust, comparatively 

 large (Abd. 35, hdw. 24 mm.). There can be no doubt about the 

 identity. 



PSBUDAGRION PEABTEXTATDM (Sl'lyS, 1876). 



S. Afr. Mus. : 28 (J, 20 9 , M'Fongosi, Zululaud (ii, iii, iv, v, x, xi, 

 xii .1911, W. E. Jones) ; 14 cj, 12 ? , Barberton, Transvaal (v . 1911, 

 Edwards); 1 tS , Blue Cliff, Dunbrody (ii . 1912). Brit. Mus.: 1 (J, 



