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Dr. F. liis on new 



dull olivaceous instead of blue (perhaps by postliumous 

 decomposition)- Anq. 'yf-^p 



J (subjuv., Oshogbo). — Light colour on frons and vertex 

 jiale bluish green, on thorax greyish green -with a shade o£ 

 violet, in interalar space greenish yellow, on abdomen dull 

 and pale greyish violet. Anq. \ q '3 - 



? (subjuv., Oshogbo). — Sides of labium broadly oliva- 

 ceous, anteclypeus dull olivaceous, postclypeus brown ; head 

 and thorax dorsally as in male, but light green, shading to 

 olivaceous, on thoracic dorsum a diffuse brown dot on each 

 side in green stripe ; deep black from dorsal green stripe to 

 a little more than halfway to humeral suture ; rest of dorsum 

 and sides wholly dark goklen brown. Abdomen robust, 



Wings of Cyanothemis simpsoni, Ris (type S), showing the discontinuity 

 of the last antenodal in the liind wing. I'hoto. by F. W. Campion. 



segments 2-3 a little widened dorso-ventrally, from middle 

 of 4 to end almost parallel, little depressed ; indistinct trans- 

 verse carina on 4. Segments 1-2 dark brown, a rather 

 broad, diti'use, mid-dorsal band of dull greenish yellow; 3 very 

 light whitish violaceous, in front of transverse carina fuscous 

 in lateral half; 4 the same pale colour at sides, obliquely 

 cut ; 5 fuscous ; 6-8 dull golden brown, shading to oliva- 

 ceous, carinas lined with black, narrowly on 6-7, broadly 

 on 8 ; 9-10 black. Ventral surface fuscous. Margins of 

 eighth segment folded, not widened. Vulvar scale erect, at 



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