256 DRAGONFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA 
245. Tramea abdominalis Rambur 
Ramb. ’42, p. 37: Mtk. Cat. p. 179: Ris 13, p. 994: Howe ’20, p. 88: Garm. ’27, 
p. 290. 
Length 47 mm. Expanse 92 mm. Tenn. to Fla. 
This is a rather slender species with tawny thorax andredabdomenandabasal 
brown streak across the hind wing. Face pale except for a very narrow edging 
of black on the labrum, becoming reddish above. Vertex reddish. Thorax 
obscure, densely clothed with tawny hairs, without distinct color pattern. Legs 
slender, black except at base. Wings hyaline with reddish brown stigma and 
veins; the brown cross band of the hind wing extends from Cu to the hind margin; 
it is bounded externally by vein A» and it is emarginate internally by an oval 
clear spot on the inner wing margin. Abdomen reddish, suffused with blackish 
on dorsum of segments 8, 9 and 10. Appendages black with reddish bases. 
