Odonata from Neiv Caledonia. 43 



at apex ; on the inferior surface a long pointed tooth near 

 the base directed downwards, and a similarly-directed spine 

 or bristle, variable in length, near the apex. The inferior 

 pair little, if at all, longer than the superior; seen from 

 above, convergent, very broad, concave, rounded at tip. In 

 profile view, very broad basally, slender and somewhat 

 upcurved apically. 



1 ? (allotype), Mt. Canala, 12. vi. 14 (? hitherto un- 

 known). 



Length of abdomen 33 mm. ; hind wing 25 mm. 



Coloured like the J, except where otherwise stated. 



Prothorax with a pair of longitudinal reddish bands, in 

 line with the antehumeral bands on the raeso-metathorax, 

 hind margin (fig. 5) deeply trifid ; the divisions obtusely 



Fio-. 5. 



jKcstidd rohusfinr, Ris, $ , allotype. 

 Hind margin of prothorax, in dorsal view. 



pointed, not elevated. Meso-metathorax with a pair of short 

 reddish antehumeral bands, continuing the similar bauds on 

 the prothorax ; the band on the metepisternum prolonged 

 backwards far beyond the metastigma and nearly reaching 

 the base of the thorax. 



Wings as in ^ , except that in the hind wings Cuj extends 

 only five cells beyond the quadrangle, or even less. Post- 

 nodals in fore wings 15-16; in hind wings 12-13. 



Legs mainly black or blackish : coxse entirely, and femora 

 largely, pale brown ; spines on femora longer than those on 

 tibise. 



Abdomen shorter and stouter than in <S > and of equal 

 thickness throughout its length. 



Anal appendages very short, hardly, if at all, longer than 

 segment 10, straight, directed a little downwards ; in dorsal 

 view, subtriangular, bluntly pointed at apex. 



