CELITHEMIS 211 
whitish hairs; three black stripes upon the sides follow the sutures (stripes 3, 4, 
and 5). The middle one incomplete both above and below; the rear one narrowly 
interrupted below. Legs black, two basal segments paler. Wings yellowish, 
hyaline basally, clear beyond and marked with brownish spots as indicated in 
accompanying figure; stigma rufous. Abdomen blackish with segments 3-7 
mostly rufous above (black across apical border); this red color spreading for- 
ward on the sides of segments 1 and 2. Appendages rufous above. 
This species is found on the wing from the last of June to early 
September. Williamson (’00) wrote of it as follows: 
This species may often be found resting on the inflorescence of some of the 
rushes, preferably the bulrush, Scirpus lacustris, growing in the shallow waters 
of our lakes. So perched on a swinging rush, they have a wide view of what is 
going on about them and at the same time are inconspicuous, harmonizing well 
with the dingy brown of the over ripe flowers to which they cling. From this 
vantage ground they make sudden dashes at passing Diptera and smaller 
dragonflies, often returning to the identical sedge time and again. Each is the 
proprietor of a particular locality. When one encroaches on the hunting terri- 
tory of another, he is quickly hustled away by the rightful and irate owner. .... 
The females are more retired, and are usually found among the sedges back 
from the water’s edge. 
175. Celithemis monomelaena Williamson 
Wmsn. ’11, p. 155: Davis 713, p. 28: Howe ’20, p. 87: Ris 12, p. 726: Garm. ’27, 
p. 286. 
Length 34 mm. Expanse 60 mm. Ont., Wis. to Mass. 
A slender blackish species with brown spotted wings. Face metallic bluish 
or dull yellowish, paler on transverse sutures darker and more metallic on vertex. 
Occiput brown. Thorax brown, densely clothed with soft brownish hairs. Sides 
of thorax paler with rather broad irregular stripes on the three sutures (stripes 
3, 4, 5) complete and confluent at ends. Legs blackish. Wings hyaline with 
brownish stigma and a somewhat variable color pattern of the sort shown in 
the accompanying figure. Abdomen blackish. Young specimens show mid-dorsal 
diffuse pale spots on segments 2~7 and on infero-lateral margin of segments 3-5. 
Appendages black. 
176. Celithemis fasciata Kirby 
Kirby ’89, p. 326: Mtk. Cat. p. 168: Ris ’12, p. 726. 
Length 35 mm. Expanse 64 mm. N. J. and Wis. to Fla. 
A slender blackish species with wings heavily banded with brown. Face 
obscure brownish, paler at sides, on the anteclypeus and across postclypeal 
suture, becoming metallic blue above to match vertex. Occiput brown. Thorax 
brown becoming blackish with age, thinly clothed with whitish hairs. Teneral 
specimens show 2 narrow pale stripes on front and sides mostly, yellowish with 
3 blackish bands on sutures (stripes 3, 4, 5), the foremost very broad, the middle 
one unconnected above, the rear one incomplete but narrow below. Legs black- 
ish. Wings tinged with yellowish before the nodus and hyaline beyond except 
