ErttoMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



("July, '08 



the same as the species I had taken at Bluffton, Indiana. Later 

 Professor Walker compared an Indiana female with the type 

 (which has only North America for locality) and pronounced 

 them identical. At an earlier date Professor Walker had sent 

 me two $ and one 9 , all teneral, of the species from Wilbra- 

 ham, Mass., taken June 5, 1902. My specimens were taken 

 at Bluffton from June 23 to July 13, 1907, 22 $ , i 9 , all 

 adult. 



Color in life $ . Pale markings throughout, and eyes and face pale 

 blue ; rear of eyes shining black. Dorsal thoracic stripes 4 mm. long, 

 I mm. wide at narrowest point, widened above and below, nearly 

 meeting at the mid-dorsal line at the antealar sinus. Lateral stripes 

 undivided, the first i mm. wide below, wider and diffuse above, the 

 upper extremity about 3 mm. wide ; second stripe about i mm. wide, 

 the anterior (upper) edge nearly straight, the posterior (lower) edge 

 less regular, the extreme upper end of the stripe wider. Abdomen:* 



LATERAL 



DORSAL 



ANTERIOR 



POSTEMOR- 



AESHNA MUTATA$ 



Segment i brown, a dorsal apical spot and sides below apically, blue ; 

 segment 2 blue, above basally, as far as the transverse carina, brown 

 continuous with the brown on i, a dorsal blue streak through this 

 brown, a transverse brown stripe posterior to the transverse carina 

 and at the apex of the segment ; the lower surface of the auricles and 

 a longitudinal streak posterior to them, brown ; segment 3 anterior to 

 carina blue (A)f with a dorsal longitudinal brown stripe (l)f con- 



* With post mortem changes the color pattern is often confused or 

 entirely obliterated. So far as my material goes the greatest changes 

 take place in the basal portion of the segments anterior to the trans- 

 verse carina. In some segments where coloration posterior to the 

 transverse carina is fairly well preserved, anterior to it all trace of 

 color pattern has disappeared in a uniform dull brown. 



t These letters and numerals apply to corresponding letters and 

 numerals in the figures representing color pattern of segments 3 and 6. 



