292 MEMOmS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



of iiriiiiodeuiii faitlier caudad in tliis sjipcies, the lesser minilier of femoral teeth and the- 

 different coloration. From //<(./■ it differs in having the femoral teeth very different and the- 

 club not noticeably enlarged. 



Male: — The same but the second femoral tooth is very small. 



Described from one pair taken from a mantid eggmass on the foliage of Carctia in 

 forest, near jungle, June 15, 1913 (A. P. Uodd). 



Uabitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. KySSlD, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above female on a tag, the l;ead 

 and a hind leg on a slide. 



Dedicated to Hugo Grot ins. 



9. PODAGRION BATESI new species. 



Female: — Length, 2.r)ri mm. cichiding ovipositor which is extruded for a length equal 

 to that of the body or nearly. 



Colored like heneflciuni Girault nearly. Teeth on caudal fenuir six in number, from 

 proximad, large, small, large, large, large, small; teeth 2 and 6 shortest, subequal, 3 and 4 

 longest, subequal. Pcdiiel somewhat longer than funicle 1 ; funieles 13 quadrate, subequal, 

 4 wider than long, a little longer than ~\ (i or 7 which are subequal, distinctly wider than long. 

 Club two thirds the length of the funicle. 



Differs from lienefeinm Girault in bearing but six teeth on liind femur, in luiviag the 

 scutellum smoother at ajiex, the propodeum uniformly punctate, the distal four funicle .joints 

 wider than long, the wholly brown antenna. Median carina of propodeum V-shaped, diverging 

 widely from base (cephalad). 



Differs from pavo in the different color of the male, in not having the mesal surface of 

 liind femur reddish lirown. in having the antennae wholly brownish and so on. From pax in 

 lacking a minute tooth dorsad at proximal third of hind tibia, in not having the scutellum- 

 uniformly sculptured to apex, in having the propodeum between the arms of the median carina 

 sculptured with dente punctures not rugulose; also in the shorter distal funicle joints. 



The single specimen of the male was lost .just before describing it but the male is colored 

 much like the female except that the alidonien bears mucli rufous dorsad. Tlie teeth on the hind 

 femur were not seen. 



From a single s]iccimen taken from a mantid eggcase, April 11', 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Hahitat: t'loncurry, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy ■iJiO, Queensland Museiun, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 



Dedicated to Henry Bates. 



10. PODAGRION HYALINA (Girault). Female. 



r<>iiiniiiom Ihi hi/tiliim Girault. 



Length, 2.2(1 nun., excluding ovipositor \\hich is black and longer than the body. 



Dark metallic green, the wings hyaline. Venter of abdomen and the legs, excepting coxa? 

 and the posterior femora, reddish brown, the coxa; eoncolorous, the caudal femora with more or 

 less metallic green, .^ntennie fuscous, the scape metallic towai'd tip. Posterior femora with 

 eight teeth, fue third one minute, barely indicated, the others distinct, the first longest. Distal 

 funicle joints wider than long, the club enlarged, deep black. Petiole of abdomen very short. 

 Propodeum without lateral carina;, the median carina V-shaped from base, each arm running 

 meso-eaudad. Stignuil vein very short. Postmarginal vein only somewhat longer than the 

 stigmal. Scutellum glabrous at apex. 



Type re-examined. 



llabilat: Longreach. Queenslaml. 



Type: I.]:.^56, Bouth Australian Museum. 



