DESCRIPTIONS OF AUSTRALIAN ^ESGHNIN^. 



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T. GODEFFROYI TILLYARDI, n. subsp., Campion. 



For complete descripf.ion see Appendix B. 



This subspecies is very close to 2\ cyclops, but differs from it in its some- 

 what greater size, its longer pterostigma, and the complete absence o£ the 

 humeral bands of the thorax. 



Type : ? unique ; British Museum. 



Habitat. Kuranda to Plerberton, N. Queensland. 1000-4000 feet. January. 



Mr. F. P. Dodd has occasionally taken females of this rare form in the 

 districts named, but the only specimen whose location is at present certain is 

 the type. The male has never been taken, nor have I any specimens in my 

 own collection. 



Table of Comparison for the Subspecies of T. godeffroyi, Selys. 



Life-History of Telephlebia godeff royi godeffroyi, Selys. . 



During the last eight years I have collected a considerable amount of 

 information concerning the life-history of this remarkable Dragonfly, but 

 many gaps still remain to be filled in. 



The insect is of a distinctly crepuscular habit, being seldom met with until 

 late in the afternoon, and then only in the deep shady gullies. Very often 

 it is flushed from a twig or bush where it is resting, and will make off for 

 twenty or thirty yards, and re-settle in any suitable dark place. It has a 

 great fondness for caves and shady interstices of rocky escarpments. When 



