152 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. XIX, 



5. Lcstcs thoracica ', sp. n. f 



(PI. V, fig. 3). 



I of I $ (type and allotj^De), Agra, United Provinces of 

 Agra and Oudh {E.J . Hankin) 1916 (from bottles labelled 

 7 and 9). 



Type & and allotype 5 to be returned to the Indian Museum. 

 Dr. Hankin remarks that the male has a green thorax, and slightly 

 green eyes ; whilst the female has the thorax sage-green and eyes 

 blue. 



In the preserved specimen the green colouring has faded to a 

 dull gra5"-brown. 



Both sexes have the pterostigma dark grayish-brown, with its 

 outermost quarter grayish-white. The dark area has also a fine 

 lighter border. The veins of the wings are dark brown. 



cf Length of abdomen 30-}- 1 mm., of hind-wing 20 mm. 



Head : Upper lip and genae dull yellowish-brown (probably 

 green in life), the rest of the anterior and upper surface blacky 

 save for a small 3' ellow triangle enclosing the ocelli. 



Posterior surfaces pale yellowish-white. 



Prothorax : Upper surface jet black, lower surfaces yellowish- 

 white. 



Synthorax : Entirely gray-brown (green, non-metallic during 

 life), save that the mid-dorsal carina is black, as are also the alar 

 sinuses. The ventral surface is paler than the dorsal. 



Abdomen: Segments i, 2 pale yellow at the sides and under- 

 neath ; marked with a bronze-black band above. Segments 3-7 

 bluish- white underneath, each with a longitudinal, bronze-black 

 band occupjdng the whole length of the segment dorsally. Seg- 

 ments 8, 9, 10 entirel}^ bronze, the last two slighth^ black, pulveru- 

 lescent. 



Anal appendages (PI. V, fig. 3) : Upper pair half as long 

 again as the last segment, white in colour with black apices, which 

 overlap each other. Each appendage has an inner basal tooth at 

 about one-third of its total length, followed by a rounded projec- 

 tion, which carries fine black denticulations. 



Leg.VAvhite with black bands on the anterior surfaces of the 

 femora and tibiae, tarsi black. 



S? Length of abdomen 28 mm., of hinder- wing 20 mm. 



Head : Upper surface yellowish brown (probably sage-green in 

 life) with small black markings on either side of the ocelli. 



Prothorax : Yellowish-brown (when alive sage-green). 



Synthorax : Sage-green above, paler at the sides and below, 

 without a black line on the mid-dorsal carina. 



Abdomen : Segments 1-7 with upper surface covered by bronze- 

 black band, the colouring of this band is not very intense. Seg- 



1 I have lately received specimens of Z. tlwracica from Lake Chilka ; and a 

 long series of L. vodalis from Lower Burma. 



