ANAX 129 
species, of which only one is generally distributed in this country, 
while three others of tropical coastwise distribution are found in our 
borders. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES 
Adults 
ini Loprel-trons yellow s« avis tiibves dumbass Weatbiaiee <2 longipes, p. 129 
fep,of frons: with a, blackispotaseseeca, Ask aed ial owas 2. 
2 Black spot on frons surrounded with blue .................. 3. 
Black spot on frons not surrounded with blue... .amazilli, p. 129 
pease 105 Mins 7vae ae ee Ge aes oe eee junius, p. 129 
Hxepanse 120: mms: |) et See a: walsinghami, p. 130 
83. Anax longipes Hagen 
Hag. ’61, p. 118: Mtk. Cat. p. 106: Howe ’19, p. 44:23, p. 120: Garm. ’27, p. 179. 
Length 79 mm. Expanse 107 mm. Mass. and Ohio to Fla. 
This is a fine green-bodied species with long red legs. Face yellow, including 
top of frons. Thorax green. Hind femora 15 mm. long. Wings with costa and 
stigma yellow. Abdomen green on 1 and on side of 2; brick red beyond with 
some spots of yellow on sides. Appendages red. 
84. Anax amazili Burmeister 
Burm. ’39, p. 841: Mtk. Cat. p. 105: Calv.’19, p. 37: Byers ’27, p. 67. 
Syn: maculatus Ramb. 
Length 79 mm. Expanse 108 mm. La., P. R. 
This is a fine greenish species with black legs. Face yellow. Frons with a 
triangular brown spot above on each side of which is a spot of blue. Thorax 
green. Legs black, paler basally. Costa greenish; stigma brown. Abdomen thick, 
much swollen at base where green; brown on segments 3-10, with a dorsal black- 
ish stripe that is narrowed on the middle of segments, and two touches of blue 
or green each side on segments 3-7. Large spots of same color on 9. 10 brown, 
unspotted. Appendages brown. 
85. Anax junius Drury 
Drury 1773: Mtk. Cat. p.105: Osburn ’16, p.90: Howe’19, p.43: ’23, p. 120. 
Ndm. ’23, p. 129: Smn. ’26, p. 24: Byers ’27, p. 67: Garm. ’27, p. 168: Calv. 
28, p. 12. 
Syn: spiniferus Ramb. 
Length 76 mm. Expanse 104 mm. N. Am. 
This is a fine big darner with a green thorax and bluish abdomen. Face 
yellow. Frons above blue, margined with black and with a round black central 
spot within a ring of blue surrounded by yellow. Thorax wholly green. Legs 
blackish beyond femora, which are reddish. Wings hyaline, often tinged with 
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