LESTES 275 
7 Segment 9 with 8-13 spinules on lateral carina (Cosmopolitan). . 
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Segment 9 with 12-13 spinules on lateral carina (Western)...... 
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259. Lestes inequalis Walsh 
Walsh 62, p. 385: Mtk. Cat. p. 38: Garm. 717, p. 487 and ’27, p. 102. 
Length 50 mm. Expanse 58 mm. Me. to Ill. to Tenn. and N. C. 
This is a fine big metallic green species with a bright yellow labrum, the 
external edge of which is black, fringed with white hiars. Top of head shining 
green as is the front of the thorax except for the black carina. Sides of thorax 
yellow below the mid-horizontal line, with only the third lateral suture faintly 
darker. Legs blackish, lined with yellow externally. Abdomen bronzy green 
above, and yellow at sides of basal segments; 8 and 9 becoming pruinose. Ap- 
pendages black; inferiors remarkably long, incurved and tufted with tawny 
hairs. 
260. Lestes eurinus Say 
Say ’39, p. 36: Mtk. Cat. p. 37: Garm. ’17, p. 482 and ’27, p. 99. 
Length 47 mm. Expanse 58 mm. Mass. and Pa. to Ill. and Wis. 
This is a handsome bronzy green species with bluish reflections. Face pale 
green below the interclypeal suture; metallic blue green above. Front of thorax 
metallic with only the carinae black. Sides of same color above, but with a 
row of five yellowish spots below, separated by blackish. Venter yellow. Legs 
blackish externally lined with yellow; paler basally. Tarsi blackish. Wings 
hyaline, a little tinged with yellowish. Abdomen bronzy green, yellowish at 
extreme base and on side of 2, and with a narrow basal ring dilated below on 
some of the middle segments. Apex darker. Appendages black. 
261. Lestes congener Hagen 
Hag. ’61, p. 67: Mtk. Cat. p. 37: Kndy. ’15, p. 339: Garm. 717, p. 479 and ’27, p. 
97. 
Length 37 mm. Expanse 43 mm. B. C. and Tex. to Ont. and Del. 
This is a rather small blackish brown species. The front of the thorax is 
blackish with metallic reflections and with a narrow, median line and a narrow 
stripe each side of obscure yellow. Sides yellow with a blackish stripe that is 
dilated at the wings. Under surface yellow. Legs yellowish; femora and tibiae 
with lateral line of black. Abdomen blackish with a yellowish crescent upon the 
base of each segment. 
“A pair was seen ovipositing..... The male was holding the 
female and she had her abdomen looped up as does the female of 
Archilestes and was placing eggs in a small willow stem about 2 inches 
above the surface of the water.”’ (Kndy. ’15, p. 339.) 
