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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



colour of the pterostigma. As regards (1) and (2), not only are 

 the Townsend and Wilman males considerably larger than the 

 Hagen male, but the number of postnodal cross-vems is also 

 much greater. The following are the actual figures : 



Finally, the colour-characters (6) and (7) do not agree 

 at all well with Hagen's statements, as will be gathered 



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Fig. 1. — Wings of Chlorolestes umbratns, Hagen. $ . Cape Colony, 1897, 

 Miss Wilman. 



Photo. A. W. Campion. 



from the following descriptions of 

 mens : 



Miss Wilman's speci- 



^ . Length of abdomen, including anal appendages, 37-5 mm. ; 

 length of hind wing, 24 mm. 



Labium and genaj yellow. Labrum glossy black. Clypeus dark 

 reddish-brown. Frons metallic green. Upper surface of head black, 

 with green reflections. First joint of antenna brownish-yellow, 

 second joint brownish-yellow to dark brown, filament dark brown. 



Prothorax pruinose grey, with a pair of large oval pale spots on 

 the middle lobe ; yellowish at sides ; hind margin rounded, slightly 

 raised. Dorsum of thorax proper also pruinose grey, with a narrow 

 yellow line on each side, antehumeral anteriorly, and bordering the 

 humeral suture at its posterior end, which does not reach as far as 



