Odonata from New Caledonia. 53 



lateral tubercles, metallic dark reddish brown above, black 

 below. 



S , Mt. Mou, 20.iii. 14 (724). 



Differs from the description of the allotype in respect of 

 the characters mentioned hereunder : — 



Length of hind wing 38 mm. 



A pair of round golden spots on the anterior surface of 

 the frons. (Similar spots are dimly discernible in the allo- 

 type, but are not visible at all in any of the female specimens.) 

 Antenodals of the costal series ^^| ' ^^ Postnodals ^g^- 

 Cross-veins in median space ^^ ; in cubito-anal space g^ ; 

 in supertriangle j-^; and in bridge space ^v. In the dis- 

 coidal area of the fore wings the undivided cells continue 

 almost to the level of the origin of M3. Discoidal area in 

 hind wings beginning with 5 or 6 large single cells. Distal 

 enclosure of anal loop in hind wings containing 7 cells. 



The superior anal appendages of S. miranda are much like 

 those of S. reyiaa, but they may be distinguished from them 

 and the appendages of all other Syuthemini by the pre'sence 

 of the slender internal spine upon each of them. 



3 ? , Mt. Mou, 10-20. iii. 14. 



Head and thorax as in male. 



Wings tinged with brown ; bases suffused with saffron, 

 which is especially dense in the subcostal space, as far as the 

 third or fourth antenodal in the fore wings and the second 

 or third in the hind wings. Costa black, with a white 

 dorsal spot at base; other veins also black. Pterostigma 

 3'5 long, dark reddish brown, unbraced. Membraunle of 

 hind wing long, smoky. Arculus arising between the third 

 and fourth antenodals. Discoidal area in fore wings com- 

 mencing with three cells, followed by two rows of cells about 

 as far as the level of base of bridge. Discoidal area in hind 

 wings mostly filled with double cells as far as the level of the 

 origin of the bridge. Anal loop in hind wing in three 

 divisions. 



Legs black ; coxa and femur of fore legs largely whitish. 



Abdomen tapering from segment 1 to segment 6, inflated 

 from 7 to 10 : metallic black, with yellowish markings on 

 2-7, as follows : — On 2 a large longitudinal spot on each 

 side, sending up from its distal end a rather narrow line 

 towards, but not reaching, the mid-dorsal line; on 3-7 a 



