Mr. H. Di'uce on new Species q/'Agaristidse. 21 



Hemicordulia australicB. 



CorduUa australice, Rauib. Ins. N<§vi'. p. 140 (1842). 



A single female specimen, much darker than those pre- 

 viously in the collection of the British Museum. 



.ffischuidse. 



GOMPHINA. 



Ictinus australis. 

 Ictinus australis, Selys, Bull. Acad. Belg. (2) xxxv. p. 769 (1873). 

 A single specimen. 



uiEsCSNINJE. 



jEschna hrevistyla. 



jEschna hrevistyla, Eamb. Ins. N^vr. p. 205 (1842). 



A common species, and the only Australian representative 

 of typical jEschna. 



Agrionidse. 



C(ENA Git ION IN ^. 



MicronympJia aurora. 



Agrion (Ischnura) aurora, Brauer, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xv. 

 p. 510 (1865). 



A single discoloured specimen, apparently belonging to 

 this species. 



V. — Descriptions of some new Species o/Agaristidge. 

 By Herbert Druce, F.L.S. 



Ag ARISTA. 



Agarista Goldiei^ sp. n. 



Male. — Primaries black, with a large elongated white band 

 beyond the middle, which does not reach either margin ; the 

 fringe black : secondaries white, broadly bordered with black, 

 the base black ; the fringe white at the apex. Head, palpi, 

 antennae, thorax, and abdomen black, the abdomen banded 



