. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 336 Annals of the South African Museum. small circular blue postocular spots. Prothorax black, sides and anterior margin broadly light green, a very narrow green border at posterior lobe. Posterior lobe moderately broad, semi-erect, nearly semicircular in outline, with a small notch near each lateral end. Thoracic dorsum black, this colour invading the sides to first lateral suture ; narrow, complete ante-humeral lines ; remainder of sides and ventral side very light green ; a minute black dot in dors
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 336 Annals of the South African Museum. small circular blue postocular spots. Prothorax black, sides and anterior margin broadly light green, a very narrow green border at posterior lobe. Posterior lobe moderately broad, semi-erect, nearly semicircular in outline, with a small notch near each lateral end. Thoracic dorsum black, this colour invading the sides to first lateral suture ; narrow, complete ante-humeral lines ; remainder of sides and ventral side very light green ; a minute black dot in dorsal end of second lateral suture. Legs whitish, incomplete black lines on lateral side of femora; indication of two dark rings on second and third femora. Abdomen segments 1-3 bronzy black on dorsum, with a shade of metallic blue, 1-2 greenish, 3 ochreous laterally ; 4-5 ochreous or light orange, with a narrow mid-dorsal dark line, which is enlarged near the end, and followed by a narrow complete orange ring at the. FIG. 43.—Agriocnemis exills, $. Beira. Appendages, right side and ventral view. end of each segment; 7 black dorsally, orange laterally, and in a complete terminal ring; 8-10 bright orange red. Appendages orange red (Text-fig. 43). Pterostigma greyish ochreous ; 6 post-nodal cross-veins in front wing, 5-G in hind wing. 9 . Labium, ante- and postclypeus orange, very narrow black transverse lines at base of labrum and postclypeus. Postocular spots orange, very large, cuneiform, fused to light colour of occiput. Hind lobe of prothorax trilobate ; median lobe very narrow in antero-posterior direction; side lobes nearly semicircular in outline, projecting by about twice the height of median lobe. Thoracic dorsum black in a broad median stripe and a very narrow line in humeral suture; the much enlarged ante-humeral band and side to first lateral suture ochreous or very light orange ; rest of sides and ventral side gradually shading through light green to Please
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