. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Odonata or Dragonflies of South Africa. 363 genital pocket posteriorly (posterior genital lobe) projecting in a long obtuse lobe, which projects ventrally considerably beyond the general outline of abdomen ; lobes of both sides touching in median line. On the anterior lamina two long and acute horizontal spines directed backwards ; hamuli small (not clearly visible). Mid -dorsal carina of tenth segment raised in a short tooth in middle of length, obsolete in posterior half, accompanied by one or t
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. The Odonata or Dragonflies of South Africa. 363 genital pocket posteriorly (posterior genital lobe) projecting in a long obtuse lobe, which projects ventrally considerably beyond the general outline of abdomen ; lobes of both sides touching in median line. On the anterior lamina two long and acute horizontal spines directed backwards ; hamuli small (not clearly visible). Mid -dorsal carina of tenth segment raised in a short tooth in middle of length, obsolete in posterior half, accompanied by one or two slight folds on each side. Appendages (Text-fig. 63) dark reddish brown. Wings hyaline; costal vein yellow anteriorly, cross-veins in basal and costal part yellowish to nodus, triangle and case of On. Membranule dull brown, rather broadly whitish at base. Pterostigma very light ferruginous. Keticulatiou, Plate VIII, fig. 8. o. FIG. 63.—Aeschna subpupillata, g . Stutterheim. Terminal segments, right side and dorsal views. ?. Labium and labrum darker ferruginous; face and frons anteriorly dull ferruginous with a shade of olivaceous. Frons above as in male. Thorax and abdomen as in male, but dark part of pattern lighter and light parts slightly more extended (discoloured in our specimen) ; basal dorsal spots present, on segment 8 and basal lateral ones joined to terminal spots ; 9 light coloured entirely, except a narrow, slightly sinuous transverse anterior line. Ventral plate of first segment as in male; terminal half of tenth ventral plate densely covered with small black spiuules. Valvae obtuse, projecting little beyond end of abdomen. Wings as in male; membranule whitish in basal, grey in apical half. c?, AM. 42 + 5, hdw. 40, pt. 35 mm. ? , 44 + 4'5, 43, 35. This pair agrees well with MacLachlan's original description of A. s-ubpupilhita, but almost as well with Calvert's (earlier) and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have be
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