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ing in the manner shown in the plate(Fig. 7). Notum black, scuta 

 and scutella yellow. Legs black, with yellowish lines on femora 

 and tibiae. Abdomen: 1-2 moderate, 3-6 very pinched, 7-10 

 much clubbed. Colour black marked with yellow as follows: — 1, 

 brown, very narrow; 2, a pair of large lateral spots running down- 

 wards to genitalia; auricles very small; 3, a pair of large dorsal 

 marks, just touching; 4, a pair of dorsal spots one-third from base, 

 a narrow transverse band two-fifths from apex; 5, dorsal spots 

 one-fifth from base, transverse band about central ; 6, dorsal spots 

 close up to base, a pair of elongate central spots touching dorsally; 

 7, two very small basal spots, a pair of large oval central spots : 8, 

 two round central spots quite separated, with two smaller indis- 

 tinct spots nearer to base; 9-10, black without spots, yellow lines 

 in sutures (Fig. 5). Appendages: Superior 1-5 mm., yellow 

 with black bases and tips ; seen from above, straight and pointed ; 

 in profile, first three-fifths curving slightly downwards, remainder 

 curving strongly upwards to a very sharp tip; underside with a 

 conspicuous angle carrying minute serrations. Inferior 1 mm., 

 yellow, hollowed out above, tip reaching well beyond the angle of 

 the superior (Plate Ixxiv., figs. 9, 10) 



<2- Total length 33, abdomen 23*5, foretvhig "20, hhidiving 24*5 

 mm. Differs from the male as follows : — ivings slightly touched 

 with brown all over, and saffroned at bases in subcostal and sub- 

 median sjjaces only. (See Kis' " Libellulinen," loc. cit., p. 58, fig.' 

 23, Gayndah, which belongs to this species and not to JV. eludens). 

 Pterostigma 2 mm., nodal indicator ||6-7, 5-61. Colours duller ; 

 abdomen, 1-2 thicker, with lateral j]5-6, 5-6| spots large and 

 lunulate; 3-6 not so pinched as in male, 7-10 not so swollen; 

 central spots of 7 large; no spots on 8. Appendages dull greyish- 

 black tipped with orange-brown, subcylindrical, the somewhat 

 blunt tips carrying a shoi't black spine(Fig.l3). 



Hah. — Northern New South Wales up to North Queensland. 

 Bellinger River, 7^^, 1$, November-December, 1911. Fallal, 1$, 

 very old, December, 1910. Gayndah, 25(Coll. Ris and Martin). 

 Mount Tambourine (several specimens in Brisbane Museum). 

 Kuranda, 1$, January, 1905. 



Types: ^$. in Coll. Tillyard( Bellinger River, N.S.W.). 



