182 NEW AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OE THE FAMILY AGRIOKID^H, 



9. Slightly larger than g; wings, fore 20'5 mm., hind 19-5 mm.; 

 differs from £ as follows : — 



Head. — Anted ypeus and labnun du\\ olive-brown. 



Abdomen slightly thicker; very cylindrical; 9 enlarged 

 below into a blunt projection. 



Appendages short, straight, wide apart at bases, parallel, 

 tips slightly pointed; black. (See Plate xvii., tig. 36). 



H a b. — Townsville, JST.Q. January, 1905. Very rare. 



A single pair of this species was taken by me on the lagoons 

 near the town. It is an extremely dull and uninteresting-looking 

 insect. It is remarkable that this and the preceding species, 

 both of which come from the tropics, should be so lacking in those 

 beautiful blue or metallic green colourations which mark the 

 species of this genus in temperate climates. The present species 

 is easily separated from the preceding by its smaller size and 

 typical Lestes shape. It could not possibly be confused with any 

 other Australian member of the genus; in shape it resembles 

 L. psyche, but it lacks the beautiful colouring of that species. 



A third species of this genus, of which I have received a pair 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd of Kuranda, N.Q., is probably new to 

 science. They were forwarded to M. Rene Martin, who is of this 

 opinion; but as the colouration is totally obliterated I have 

 deferred giving a description of this species until I can obtain 

 living specimens, as it is evidently very closely allied to two or 

 three of our southern forms. It is similar to L. leda in general 

 appearance, and may be a smaller tropical form of that insect. 



4. Alloneura solitaris, n.sp. 



g. Total length, 33-35 mm.; abdomen, 26-28 mm.; wings, fore 

 18 mm., hind 17*5 mm. 



Wings beautifully suffused all over with lemon^ellow; ptero- 

 stigma - 8mm., rhomboidal, black. Nodal Indicator 11 2 12-141 



||2 11-12J 



H e a d. — Epicranium jet black, with a narrow transverse band, 

 cream-coloured or light green, between the eyes in front. This 



