358 DRAGONFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA 
sides of all the other segments. Venter of all, in the female, yellow. Appendages 
yellow in the male, black in the female. 
Root (’24, p. 319) says it isin Lee County, Georgia. ‘““The commonest 
and most widely distributed damselfly of the region. Found about all 
kinds of ponds, swamps, ditches, etc., throughout the summer. 
Davis (713, p. 18) says it is found in salt meadows as well as about 
fresh-water ponds. 
In northern Illinois we have found this species very local. Perma- 
nent wet spots rather than open pools are its home: places of constant 
seepage from springs thickly overgrown with spike rush. Down among 
the rushes, almost under ones feet, the dainty creatures flit from stem 
to stem, the red stigmas of the fore wings of the males twinkling among 
the shadows. Exquisite little creatures. 
