nv p. CAMERON. 645 



PODAGKION SPILOPTEKION, Sp.n. 



Dark blue ; abdomen dark violaceous, hind tibiae and femora 

 black, tarsi testaceous, antennal scape fulvous ; wings hya- 

 line, nervures black, a large blackish-violaceous cloud on the 

 marginal nerviire, commencing near its base and reaching to 

 near the apex, enclosing the stigmal nervure, becoming 

 slightly, gradually widened to shortly beyond the middle, 

 then roundly narrowed, the sides at the apex rounded, the 

 centre transverse ; it extends to the top of the apical third ; 

 cf 9 . Length, 3 mm. ; ovipositor, 2 mm. 



Cooma, N.S.W. ; bred from egg-cases of Mantis (W. W- 

 Froggatt). 



Face closely, finely punctured, intermixed with fine striae ; 

 the blue colour intermixed with brassy and rosy tints, especi- 

 ally below. Front and vertex more strongly punctured ; the 

 punctures close and regular. Mandibles darker red, brighter 

 in tint at the base. Pro- and mesonotum, and scutellum 

 closely punctured ; the scutellum with more distinct brassy 

 tints : upper part of basal mesopleurae strongly, obliquely 

 striated, it forming a triangle, bordered below by a keel ; the 

 rest of it closely, finely reticulated. Propleuras closely, finely 

 punctured, more or less striated. Metapleuras finely, closely, 

 punctured ; there are about six irregular teeth, the basal three 

 larger and more widely separated ; they are as long as the 

 coxae, which are closely and more finely, punctured than the 

 femora. 



The male is similar. As is usual with metallic species, the 

 amount of the brassy and rufous tints varies. The fore 

 tibiae may be testaceous at the base and apex, as well as below. 



Probably the femoral teeth vary in size and number, as I 

 have noticed to be the case with another species. The apical 

 joints of the antennae form a not very clearly defined club. 

 The sides of the metanotum are bounded by a smooth furrow, 

 inside of which is a flatter one, double its width, which, 



