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29. Trainea Hagen. 

 Hagen, Syii. Neur. N. A., p. 143. 1861. Kirby, Trans. Zool. Soc. Loud, xii, p. 



2(38, 1889. 



45. Tramea Carolina Linne. 



Libellula c. Linne. Cent. Ins p. 28, 1763. T. c. Hagen, I. c. p. 143, 1861. 



Reddish brown ; 8-10 with a broad, black, dorsal band. Extreme base of front 

 wings yellowish ; basal third of hind wings hroion with yellow veins, a clear spot 

 at middle of anal margin. 



% . Sup. app. as long as 9 -{- 10. Hamule hardly if ever longer than genital 

 lobe. 



9 • Vulvar lamina not quite as long as 9, bilobed in its apical three-fourths. 



Abd. % 31.5-34, 9 32-34:5. H. w. % 41-44, 9 41-44.5. 



Two males, May 26, June 10, Phila., S. F. and E. M. Aaron (A. 

 E. S.). 



Massachusetts to Florida. Brauer (Verb. z.-b. Gesell. Wien, xiv, 

 p. 162) mentions one male of T. Carolina from New Caledonia. 



46. Tramea lacerata Hagen. 



T. I. Hagen, Syn. Neur. Syn. N. A., p. 145. 1861. 



Brownish black ; 2-7 with a dorsal greenish spot. Extreme base of front 

 wings dark brown ; basal fourth or fifth of hind wings violet-black, whose outer 

 margin is very ragged, a clear spot at middle of aual margin. 



% . Sup. app. as long as 8 -|- 9 + 10. Hamule shorter than genital lobe. 



9. Vulvar lamina half as long as 9, bilobed almost to base, apices of lobes 

 emarginated. 



Abd. I 34-38^9 35.5. H. w. I 40-46, 9 46-47. 



Two males, June 24, July 15 ; one pair in copula May 26, Phila., 

 S. F. Aaron (A. E. S., C). Tinicum Is., Sept. 4, 1888, P. P. Cal- 

 vert. 



Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, 

 Mexico, Sandwich Is. (Cabot, Kirby). 



30. liibellula Linne. 

 Linne. Syst. Nat. i, p. .543, 1758. Hagen, Syn. Neur. N. A., p. 150, 1861 (in 

 part). Leptetrum, Belonia, Holotania Kirby, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., xii, pp. 286, 



288, 1889. 



A. Basal half to third of the wings blackish brown for the entire width or nearly so. 

 9 with lateral margins of 8 not produced. 



47. Liibellula basalis Say. 



L. b. Say, Jour. Ac. Phila.. viii, p. 23, 1839. L. Inctuosa Burm., Hagen, Syn. 

 Neur. N. A., p. 152, 1861. 



Blackish brown ; a mid-dorsal thoracic stripe and a stripe on each side of dor- 

 sum of 2-9, yellow. Wings with basal half to third blackish brown, outer edge of 

 the brown frequently margined with chalky white; apex sometimes brown. 

 Pterostigma black. Thorax and abdomen of old males pruiuose. 



Abd. % 28-31, 9 26-27.5. H. w. % 37-41, 9 37-39. 



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