364 gvxdlach's work on the odonata of cuba 



He cogido esta especie en la Habana (paradero del Tiilipan), y en Cdrdenas. 

 Es especie rara. 



No habiendo toniado descripcion del insecto vivo, me veo precisado A copiar, 

 traduciendo la descripcion dada por Hagen. 



Genero LIBELLULA Linn. 



Libellula umbrata. (IS.) P. 257. Mar. 15. 1889. Erythrodiplax 

 urabrata (Linn). 



Libellula umbrata Linn.; Selys Cub. p. 189. (de Cuba). 



Es una especie .sumamente comun y segun su edad y sexo muy variable. 



I have compared two males and two heterochrome females from 

 Havana, taken by Baker, with Giindlach's description. Although 

 he describes what he calls " El cf adulto," the description is not of 

 the oldest stage as the ' 'bultos f rontales y vertice [son] negro-f erru- 

 ginosos," "Torax palido, olivado-pardo,"etc. He is in error when 

 he speaks of the wings of the male: "la base 3" el apice no tienen 

 color." However, the paragraph on page 259, beginning "A 

 veces es el apice de las alas anteriores algo parduzco," although 

 following the description of the female, applies, as well as the 

 paragraph immediately preceding and that immediately follow- 

 ing, to the male, probably. 



Gundlach's description of the female is that of the hetero- 

 chrome form. He adds: "Poey y yo hemos cogido dos 6 tres 

 hembras muy "adultas con una faja como la tiene el macho 

 adulto." 



German versions of these descriptions, as well as others of this 

 species, of different ages, by Gundlach are given by Hagen.^^ 



Libellula angustipennis. (16.) P. 259. Mar. 15, 1889. Cannaphila 

 angustipennis (Ramb.) = C. insularis funerea (Carp.). 



Libellula angustipennis Ramb.; Selys Culi. p. 188. 



Cogi esta especie en los contornos de Cardenas y Scudder en la Lsla de Pines. 



I have compared one male from Cuba (without other data) 

 and one female from Frontera, Mexico, taken by O. 8. AVestcott, 

 with Gundlach's description and they agree. 



Dr. Ris,^^ has shown the prior use of angustipeyuiis for another 

 species, so that the Cuban form must be known as Cannaphila 

 insularis fu.nerea (Carp.). 



Libellula auripennis. (54.) P. 2()(). Mar. 15, 1889. Libellula auri- 

 pennis liuriii. 



3»Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxix, pp. 278 et seq., ISGS. 

 3!" Cat. Coll. Zool. Selys, fasc. xi, p. 295, 1910. 



