422 LIFE-HISTORY OF LESTES LED A SELYS, 



humeral, the other two lateral, and separated from the first by a 

 still broader band of the ground colour; these second and third 

 bands are irregular and practically contiguous. Underside pale 

 dirty brownish, with a slanting oblong black spot on either side. 

 Legs black, slightly paler underneath; coxa? and trochanters pale 

 brownish, especially those of the forelegs; tibia? with several 

 black bristly hairs. 



Abdomen: Slender, 1-2 slightly enlarged, 7-10 slightly 

 increasing in width; rest cylindrical. Colour: 1-2 dark bronze, with 

 a somewhat irregular light blue dorsal mark, broadest at the 

 end of 1, and very narrow on 2; on either side a bright blue 

 band; 3-7, basal part bright blue, rest deep bronzy- black; the 

 amount of blue decreasing from about one-third in 3 to one-fifth 

 in 7; 8-9, deep bronzy-black, sutures crossed by a narrow trans- 

 verse line of blue; 10, bright blue, sometimes slightly clouded 

 anally. Underside pale greyish-white. 



App endages: Superior black, forcipate, 1 mm., carrying 

 a sharp black spine on the inner edge; very slightly hairy. 

 Inferior very short, brownish, 0*4 mm., separated, tips blunt; 

 curving upwards when viewed laterally. ( Plate xxxiii., figs. D x 

 and D 2 ). 



£. Total length 36 mm.; abdomen 29 mm.: wings, fore 22mm., 



hind 21 mm. Nodal Indicator 



2 9-111 



2 9-10 



It differs from the male as follows : — All parts of the head and 

 thorax which are blue in the male are dull greyish-green in the 

 female. Abdomen thicker than in male, cylindrical. Colour : 

 1 , bronzy-black, with a, blue anal mark as in the male; 2-6, basal 

 quarter bright-blue, rest bronzy-black; 7, bronzy-black, with a 

 narrow basal blue band; 8-10, deep bronzy-black. 



Appendages wide apart, rather short, 03 mm., subcylindrical, 

 tips rounded, separated by the downy projection of segment 10; 

 colour dull bronze (Plate xxxiii , figs.E x and E 2 ). 



(For colour-scheme of imago, see Plate xxxiii., figs.A, B, C). 



