Odonafa from New Caledonia. 55 



Synthemis miranda obtained by Mr. Montague can be stated 

 in tabular form, as hereunder : — 



$ No. 1 2 No, 2 (724) $ No. 3 (726) 



(10.iii.l4). (20.iii.l4). (20.iii.l4). 



Length of abdomen 51-0+2o 47 5+2-0 47-5 -f 2-0 



Length of hind wing .... 44-5 42-0 4i!-0 



Autenodala (costal series) . . '^-^^^ 17^' n • n 



^ ' 1^-14 11.11 iTTn 



Postnodals ^i^^i n^io n • lo 



13 . 13 11 .13 13 . 1.3 



Cross-veins in median space. £-i-° tjj 5^ 



4.5 4.4 4.4 



Cubito-anal cross- veins .... ^^ Tjl? LJ 



8.8 7.7 7.7 



Cross-veins in suiiertriangle. '~ '~ -Ij.? 



3.2 »2.2 2.2 



Bridge veins ^-^ '2^ '^^ 



° 6.6 5.6 5.(5 



Anal loop in hind wing : — 



Distal euclosLire 21-23 12-12 16-18 



Middle enclosure 10-10 7-6 10-8 



Proximal enclosure . . 8-9 o-4 6-6 



Synthemis montaguei, sp. n. 



1 S , holotype, Mt. Mou, 10. iii. 14.. (No. 488). 



Length o£ abdomen 51 mm. ; hind wing 43 mm. 



Labium pale reddish brown ; labrum pale reddish brown, 

 the inferior margin broadly edged with black ; anteclypeus 

 pale yellow ; postclypeus yellowish brown, at each side a 

 large yellowish-white spot, edged with black below. Frons 

 yellowish brown in front ; anterior third of summit 

 yellowish brown, posterior two-thirds metallic blue-black ; 

 hairy. Vertex dark steely blue, very hairy. Antennae black. 

 Occipital triangle metallic black. 



[Prothoiax not visible.] 



Meso-metathorax without spots or stripes, dark metallic 

 brown, with chocolate reflections on dorsum and green 

 reflections at sides. 



Wings (PI, YIII. fig. 13) hyaline, with a trace of brown 

 at the base of the subcostal space. Costa golden anteriorly, 

 with a pale dorsal spot at the base; other veins black. 

 Pterostigma nearly 4 mm. long, dark reddish brown, Meakly 

 braced. Membranule of hind wing not quite as long as the 

 anal triangle, smoky white. Venation dense. A basal sub- 

 costal cross-vein in each wing. Antenodals of the costal 

 series 15715. Postnodals ff^- Cross-veins in median space 



