BY R. J. TILLYARD. 181 



Appendages 06 mm., wide apart, straight, parallel, 

 pointed; dull fuscous. (See Plate xvii., fig.26). 



H a b. — Redlynch, near Cairns, N.Q. January, 1905. Local. 



Several pairs of this species were captured round a small 

 isolated water-hole. They appeared to cling closely to the over- 

 hanging branches round the sides of the water-hole, and. only 

 flew off a few yards when disturbed; others were sitting singly or 

 in pairs on the trunks of the guava trees. This was on a bright 

 sunshiny day, so that this species appears to be a dull, listless 

 insect. I have also received one £ from Mackay, N.Q. It is 

 easily distinguished from all other Australian species of Lestes by 

 its extremely long abdomen. It appears to have no special 

 affinity with any of the common southern species, but comes 

 nearest to L. analis. 



3. Lestes paludosus, n.sp. 



£. Total length, 37 mm.; abdomen, 30 mm.; wings, fore 19 mm., 

 hind 18 mm. 



Wings. — Lightly suffused with brown; pterostigma 1*5 mm., 

 very dark brown. Nodal Indicator 112 10-1 lj 



||2 10-1 1| 



Head. — Epicranium black ; antennce black ; postclypeus 

 black; anteclypeus and labrum dirty yellowish-brown; labium and 

 mandibles very pale dirty brownish. 



Thorax. — Fuscous above, with an indistinct paler stripe 

 on each side of the dorsal ridge, slightly metallic in the dried 

 specimen; sides olive-brown shading to paleg'eyish below. Legs 

 dirty brownish. 



Abdomen almost cylindrical, 1-2 and 8-10 very slightly 

 thickened. Colour : dark fuscous above shading to pale bluish- 

 grey on sides, duller underneath, paler next the sutures. 



Appendages . — Superior 1 mm., apart at bases, forcipate, 

 crossing at tips. Several minute spines along the outer ridge; 

 basal half lobed internally, tips much narrower and bent inwards 

 almost at right angles. Black (see Plate xvii., fig.3aj. Inferior 

 separated, very small and blunt; black. 



