180 NEW ATTSTKALIAN SPECIES OF THE FAMILY AGRIONIDjE, 



Thorax. — Prothorax very dull fuscous, a bluish spot on each 

 side. Meso- and metathorax dull bluish-grey above, a broad band 

 of olive-brown covering the dorsal ridge and extending well on to 

 the shoulders and carrying a central projecting spot on each side 

 on either side a narrower dull brown subhumeral band, with a 

 brown spot below it, two elongate triangular black spots pointed 

 towards the wing-joins, and a black mark close to the wing-joins, 

 at the base of the suture. Ground colour of the lateral surface 

 of the mesothorax greyish-blue, of the metathorax, pale greenish- 

 blue. Underside very pale dirty brown, a pair of black oval 

 spots close to abdomen. Legs dirty brownish. 



Abdomen extremely long and thin; 1-2 very slightly 

 thickened, 3-7 very thin, 8-10 slightly thicker. Very dull olive- 

 brown marked with grey, as follows: — 1, a large lateral spot on 

 each side, and an elongate transverse anal mark; 2, shaded with 

 bluish-grey on sides and near sutures; 3-9, a narrow transverse 

 basal band next suture; 10, bluish-grey. Underside pale grey 

 shaded with dull black near sutures. 



Appendages,- At/je}'^?' l^mrn., biack, forcipate, wide 

 apart at bfises, meeting and sometimes crossing near tips, which 

 are straight and pointed. From the inner side of each two small 

 spines project (see Plate xvii., fig. 2a). Inferior very short, thick, 

 blunt, black tipped with dirty brown. 



2- Total length, 42 mm.; abdomen, 34 mm.; wings, fore 25mm., 

 hind 24 mm.; differs from the £ as follows : — 



H e a d. — Paler, basal joint of antennce brown; clypeus brown; 

 labrum dull olive-green. 



Thorax as in £. 



Abdomen stouter than in u -$; 1-9 cylindrical, 10 swollen, 

 9 projecting anally underneath, the projection carrying on its 

 upper end two small hooks; 10 short. Colour : 1-9 dark brown, 

 shiny, anal end of each segment darker, a pale thin transverse 

 basal band close up to each suture; 1 and 2 marked with pale 

 greyish-blue as in ^; 10 pale greyish-blue with a narrow transverse 

 basal black band. 



