324 



Aiiiuds of Ihi- South African Museum. 



from the continental type, and might eventually be described as 

 a distinct subspecies or even species. 



(J. Different from the above-described specimen by — •(!) ante- 

 humeral blue stripes very narrow, invaded by the median black stripe, 

 distant about their own breadth from humeral suture ; (2) black 

 dorsal band on segment 8 for about two-thirds the length, black 

 dorsal spot on anterior half of segment 9, dorsal black band of 

 segment 10 broader ; (3) appendages slightly different, the medial 

 prominence of superior being more distinct and a latero-ventral pro- 



5 + 2.5+2 



jection visible in side view (Text-fig. 36). 



5j-3^5_+2 5 + 3.5 + 3 

 4+"3T4+"3, 4 + 4.4 + 3' 



M„ and M^a 



4+3.4 + 3, 



Fig. 36. — Enallagma iiigridorsum,ioTmiib, ^. Madagascar. Appen- 

 dages, right side and dorsal view. 



$ . Head and thorax as in male ; light colour of head dull 

 ochreous ; postocular spots bluish green ; ante-humeral stripes 

 ochreous ; sides of thorax whitish. Abdomen as in male, but instead 

 blue olivaceous on segments 1-2, ochreous 3-7, bluish green 8-10 ; 

 dorsum of 8 wholly black ; 9 black except a narrow terminal ring ; 

 10 with narrow dorsal transverse black line. Strong vulvar spine. 



5-1-3 5 4- 3 

 Pterostigma very light greenish ochreous. Mo ^t^^ ^\<i xco 'aTIc, 



in both specimens. Ahd. 20, lidw. 14 mm. 



Enallagma elonqatum (E. Martin, 190(3). 



S. Afr. Mus. : 4 S .Eldoret, Brit. East Africa (viii . 1913, W. E. Fry). 

 Mus. Stockholm: 1 $, Kilimandjaro (29 . iii . 1906, T. Sjostedt). 

 From SjiJstedt's description it seems most probable that these 



