No. 39] ODONATA OF CONNECTICUT: AESHNIDAE 



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Aeshna interrupta var, interrupta Walker 



Canadian Entomologist, 40: 381, 387, 450, PI. 10, Fig. 3: 1908. 



A species not yet found in Connecticut. Structure of anal 

 appendages and color pattern of thorax represented in Fig. 32. It 

 flies from July to September, 



Fig. 32. AesJma interrupta, an- 

 al appendages and color pattern. 

 (From Howe.) 



Aeshna tuberculifera Walker 

 Canadian Entomologist, 40: 385: 1908. 



Adult, male. — Color brown to black with green or blue mark- 

 ings. 



Head : preocular band usually less than twice as broad as the 

 first antennal segment ; T-spot 2.3-3 mni., stem .4-.75 mm. broad 

 in front, .8-1 mm. behind, sides generally straight and more or 

 less divergent. 



Fig. Z2i- Aeshna tuberculifera, 

 anal appendages and color pattern 

 of thorax. (From Howe.) 



Thorax : color pattern as in Fig. 33 ; dorsal mesepisternal bands 

 pea-green, nearly straight, 3.5-4 mm. long, .75-1 mm. broad at 

 middle, lower ends pointed ; lateral bands blue above, fading into 

 pale green below; first lateral band 1-1.5 mm. broad in lower 

 third, narrowing to about i mm. in upper half ; metathoracic band 

 1. 3-1. 5 mm. broad; anal triangle of wings 2-celled. 



