AVSTKALIAX UYMEXOPTEUA (11 ALCI DOIDEA. XIl.~(;i UAri/f. 287 



stignial vein. Anteuiiar black, the distal third of the clidi whitish, the fiinielo brown. Caudal 

 coxa; bUiisli. Proxiniad on the fore win^. at middle of subniarsinal vein, is an irregular 

 iToss-stripe of smoky brown; tliis ni.-iy be absent. Fnnicle 1 longest, snbeqnal to the pedicel, 

 the two distal joints barely longer than wide. Mandibles tridentate, the inner tooth much 

 shorter and truncate, the outer two suberiual, acute. Smitellum glabrous caudad of the trans- 

 verse suture. Exserted portion of the ovipositor not as long as the body. 



Ilubitdt: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. Forest. December 2. 1912. Not abundant. 



Tt/pes: No. TIijSSl.l, (Queensland Museum, Brisbane, two females on tags, a head on a 

 slide. 



2. PODAGRIONELLA BELLA Giraidt. Female. 



Length, 2.2.") mm., exiluiling the extruded ovipositor which is a little longer than the 

 abdomen. 



Like Poda(in<>ii hijiilina Cirault but the legs all yellow brown, the trochanters, tarsi, 

 distal fifth of hind coxa and jiroxinial half of hind femur, whiti'. In the hind femur, a duskv 

 spot at upper edge iu>ar distal third, the teeth black; jirolongation of hind tibia; somewhat 

 longer and more curved than usual. Abdomen wholly jmri.lish black, tegula- yellow brown; 

 abdomen without a petiole but stalked. Fnnicle blackdjrovvu, the chib black, the pedicel and 

 scape yellow-brown. Posterior femora beneath with nine teeth, the last tooth yellow, the 

 eighth tooth a mere tubercle, teeth 1, 3 and 4 longest of the black teeth, the ninth as large 

 as 1 or nearly; teeth .3-8 a descending series of heights. First funicle joint longest, nearly 

 as long as the pedicel, the last three joints ]daiiily wider than long, joint 4 (funicle) quadrate; 

 club ]dainly not as long as the funicle. I'ropodeum with irregular fovcic, rugose, no median 

 carina, the apex of the scutcllum smooth and shining distail of the transverse suture, the 

 head ami thorax otherwis:^ scaly and usual. 



lliihilat : (lord(Uivale (Cairns), Queensland. -Inngle. May II. liMi'.. 



Type: No. II)i .SSli, Queensland Museum, Brisbaiu\ the fenuile on a tag; an antenna 

 and a caudal leg on a slide. 



3. PODAGRIONELLA PENTLANDENSIS Oirault. Female. 



Length, 5.1U mm., exclusive of ovijiositur. 



Very similar to the type of the genus hut the antenual club darkens at tip. the tlagelluni 

 reddish brown, the jiedicel darker. The abdominal iietiole is shorter, very short, wider than 

 long; the distal two funicle joints are slightly wider than long; the cross dash on the fore 

 wing is the only fuscation present in these wings. The wliide boily is nuire robust, the abdomen 

 stouter and longer. Otherwise, structurally, like fasriali iniiiiis with wdiich 1 have compared 

 it but till' postmarginal vein is plainly not twice the length of the stiguuil.* 



Ilahildl: Capeville (Pentland). Queensland. Forest, .lanuary (i, litb!. 



Tjipi : Xo. UiiSSlfi, Queensland Museum. Krisbane. the female mi a tag and a slide 

 bearing the caudal fi'imir ami the head. 



Oenus PROl'llllACKlOX (iirault. 

 Differs from I'tidanrioncUa (iirault in having the club :!-jointed and from I'uihtyriun 

 in learing a cross-suture on the scutelluni ; the postmarginal vein is twice the length of (he 

 stigiuni and the propodeuiii is cmica\e and lacks a mciliaii carina. 



1. PROPODAGRION WORCESTERI ((iirault). Female. Cenutype. 



l'iHl(i,iniiii ininixii ri Girault. 

 Length. 2.7."> niai.. excluding oviiiositor which is about the sami> length. 

 Agreeing somewhat with inisliin/ilniii (Iirault in coloration but tlii' legs are yellow- 

 brown, the tarsi white while the yellow on the abdomen is dull and at sides and venter of base; 



* The femoral teeth appear to have been overlooked. 



