I^SYCHE. 



NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NORTH AMERICAN 



LIBELLULINA. 



Synopsis of Neuroptera, second edition. 



BY HERMANN AUGUST HAGEN, CAMBRIDGE. >IASS. 



1. Celitiiemis eponina Drury. 



I first established Celithemis for this 

 species which is found everywhere in 

 the United States, east of the Rocky 

 Mountains from Minnesota to Florida 

 and Texas; it also occurs in Cuba. It 

 is rather variable in the spots of the 

 wings. 



2. Celithemis fasciata Kirby. 



Kirby, Trans, zool. soc. London, 

 1SS9, V. 12, p. 336, pi. 52, f. 2. Two 

 males, one immature from Georgia. In 

 the exhibition of Canadian insects 

 (18S6) in London, England, a young 

 male said to be from Toronto, Ontario, 

 was labelled by myself C. anna (no 

 description), after two males from En- 

 terprise, Fla. The female is unknown 

 to me. I believe this species is near to 

 C. eponina of which I have befo-e me 

 a large number from Enterprise. The 

 discovery of the female is still needed. 



3. Celithemis elisa Hagen. 



I have placed this species in my Syn- 

 opsis (i86r, p. 182) in Z>/^/a.Y followed 

 by D. ornata and D. a7nanda^ of which 



I had then before me very insufficient 

 material. Walsh directly referred D. 

 elisa to Celit/ie?ni^ and Kirby (1. c, p. 

 275) proposed the same for D. ornata 

 and D. anianda. I have now before 

 me a large material ranging from Can- 

 ada to Georgia. The species is very 

 remarkable in having the tips of all the 

 wings blackish as in C. fasciata; all 

 the other spots are more or less variable. 



4. Celithemis balteata Hagen. 



I ha^'e described the youne female 

 from w-estern Texas in my Synopsis 

 (1S61, p. 140) among Tetragoneuria 

 with the remark, "Does it belong to this 

 genus.?" Later I sent this female and 

 the only male from Cuba (Foev) to 

 DeSelys and he answ^ered " a Libellula 

 but difficult a placer. " I have since 

 received both sexes and fully colored 

 specimens from Key West, Fla. There 

 is no doubt but that the species belongs 

 here and stands, though a little larger, 

 between C elisa and C. ornata. By 

 a curious chance this species is omitted 

 from my Synopsis of 1875. A new 

 and full description is needed. 



