260 PHILIP p. CALVERT. 



Very abundant around Phila., May 17 — Sept. 9 ; ovipositing 

 June 21, 24, July 2, 17. 



Quebec to Florida, west to Colorado ; Pacific coast from Wash- 

 ington to Southern California (0. B. Johnson, Davidson, Behrens, 

 A. E. S.). 



32. Iflicratliyria Kiiby. 



Kirhy, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. xii, p. 303, 1889. Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. xxsiii, 

 p. 37L 1890, 



55. Micrathyria bereiiice Drury. 



LibeUula b. Drury, 111. Exot. Eut. i, p. 114, pi. 48, fig. 3, 1770. Diplax b. Hagen, 

 Syn. Neur. N. A., p 178, 1861. 



%, . Black. Frons and vertex metallic blue, nasus with a yellow spot each side 

 and sometimes also the lateral labial lobes: some yellow spots near the coxse ; 

 3-7 with a yellow or orange spot each side of dorsum; thorax and abdomen 

 entirely dark blue pruinose in old individuals. Wings uucolored. 



9 form I. Only the extreme base of the wings yellowish. Abdomen as in 

 % but 10 yellow; vulvar lamina longer than 9, pi'ojecting, apex pointed, margins 

 entire. Head and thorax colored as in % , or as in form II. 



9 f*5rm II. Wings with the extreme base and a large middle cloud yellowish 

 or reddish brown. Frons as in % , but with a yellow spot each side; tip of ver- 

 tex, nasus, labrum, greater part of labium, yellow. Thorax yellow, a mid-dorsal 

 stripe, two antehumeral and five lateral stripes each side black. Abdomen 

 black, 1-7 with a large dorsal spot and 10 entirely, yellow. 



Abd. '^ 23, 9 I 22-22.5, 9 II 21-22. H. w. % 23-24.5, 9 I and II 24-25. 



One male, Folsom, Del. Co., Pa., July 5, 1890, P. P. Calvert (C). 

 A coast species, Massachusetts to Virginia ; Bahamas, Texas 

 (Moore and Bullock, A. E. S.). 



33. ]VaiinotIieniis Brauer. 

 Brauer, Verb. z.-b. Gesell. Wien xviii, p. 369, 726, 1868. Kirby, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond. xii, p. 312, 1889. Karsch, Ent. Nach. xv, p. 255, 259 (in part only}, 

 1889. 



56. Nannotlieinis bella Uhler. 



Nannophya b. Uhler, Proc. Ac. Phila. 1857, p. 87. Hageu, Syn. Neur. N. A., 

 p. 186, 1861. 



Black ; frons and nasus white or pale yellow, with a median quadrate black spot 

 which is confluent with the black labrum. Vertex metallic-blue or green. 



% . Thorax and abdomen black, pruinose white in older males. 



9. Thorax with a yellow antehumeral stripe, sides yellow, with two oblique 

 black lines. The following yellow : a transverse basal band on 2-4, a basal spot 

 on 5-7, entire dorsum of 10. Vulvar lamina reaching apex of 10, only slightly 

 projecting, apex rounded, entire. Wings yellowish on basal third. 



Abd. 1 12.5-13, 9 11-13.5. H. w. % 14.5-16, 9 14-16.5. 



Phila., July 22, S. F. Aaron (A. E. S,). Berlin, N. J., July 17, 

 P. P. Calvert (C). 

 Ontario to Georgia. 



