Dragorijlies from Sierra Leone. 223 



a small liook, almost touching the anterior lamina, curved 

 jiostcriorly ; external branch merely indicated, being the 

 obtuse posterior angle of basal piece. Lobe very small, 

 narrowly oblong. 



Wings stained with light greyish yellow throughout ; 

 minute golden-yellow vestige at base. Membianule fuscous. 

 Pteiostigma dark ferruginous. First specimen : Anq. 

 18^ . 19^ ; Cuq. \^\', t. 1^; ti. 3 . 3 ; 3 rows in discoidal 

 area of'fioiit wings ; 1 row Rs.-Rspl., a few cells doubled in 

 both front uiiigs ; 5 rows between A3 and wing's edge. 

 Abd. 41, liw. 53, pt. 4-5. Second specimen : Anq. lOi . 19^ ; 

 Cnq \' V, ; t. j— ^ ; ti. 6 . 6 ; 1 row Rs.-llspl. 



? . — Lighter in colour than male throughout ; wings with 

 a pattern of rich golden yellow and brown. — Labium oclireous. 

 Labium orange. Face light olivaceous. Frons brownish 

 orange aI)ove, olivaceous at sides. Thoracic pattern as in 

 male, but the dark portions lightened to ferruginous, without 

 metallic reflections, arid considerably reduced at sides. Legs 

 light ferruginous. Third femora witli very small trian- 

 gular spinules; second femora with small, gradually lengthen- 

 ing spines; spines of third and second tibi^^. as in second 

 tibhe of male. Teeth of tarsal claws as in male. Abdomen 

 more widem-d at base than in male. Dull ferruginous 

 instead of black throughout, pale markings similar, but lateral 

 spots on segments 3-6 considerably larger. Ajipendages com- 

 ]»aratively long, two-thirds of segment 1>, very acute. Vulvar 

 scale not clearly visible (covered by a mass of liglit yellow, 

 relatively large eggs). 



Wings light yellow, deep and rich golden yellow at base, 

 in front wing to Anq. 2 and almost to arculus, in hind wing- 

 to Anq. 3, t., and a little beyond apex of metnbranule ; lighter 

 goltlen-yellow zone at nodus in costal half of fiont wing, 

 over entiie breadtli in hind wing, and extended proximally 

 to anal loop in anal half; tips golden brown to three cells 

 width, proximally, from pterostigma. Menibranule brown ; 

 pterostigma dark ferruginous. Anq. ItH . 17i ; (-uq. ^; 

 t. |-^^ ; ti. 4 . 4 ; 3 rows of discoidal cells, 4 cells once at t. in 

 right wing ; 1 row Rs.-Rspl. ; 5 rows between A3 and wing's 

 edge. Abd. 43, hw. 53, pt. 4-5. 



