KELLICOTT. 95 



Tramea Carolina, Linn. 



Length : of abdomen d^ 9 32; hind wing cT ? 41. 



Male, color reddish brown. Superior part of frons 

 violet. Femora brownish at base, black at apex, 

 tibiae and tarsi black; front wings hyaline, extreme 

 base yellowish, hind wings reddish brown at base for 

 nearly a third of their length, within the space many 

 of the fine veins are yellowish. Abdominal segments 

 8-10 black above. Superior appendages a little longer 

 than 9 + 10, slender and pointed at apex. Inferior ap- 

 pendage nearly two thirds as long as the Superiors. 

 Hamules as long as, or very slightly longer than the 

 genital lobes. Female abdominal segments 8 and 9 

 black, vulvar lamina not quite as long as 9, bilobed. 



A comparatively common species in various parts 

 of the state during the summer months. 



Tramea onusta, Hagen. 



Length: of abdomen d 31, 9 33; hind wing S" 38-41 

 9 42. 



Male, color reddish brown, vertex brown, front 

 reddish brown, in the specimens before me not showing 

 the violet present on the superior part of the frons in 

 Carolina. Femora brownish at base, black at ape:^^, 

 tibiae and tarsi black; wings, anterior pair hyaline, 

 extreme base brown, the reddish brown patch at the 

 base of the posterior pair is narrower than in Carolina 

 and the outer edge is more ragged. Superior appen- 

 dages a little longer than 9 + 10, hamules noticeably 

 longer than the genital lobes. 



Female vulvar lamina as long as 9, bilobed in its 

 apical three fourths. 



Taken at Columbus May 7, and at Cincinnati 

 (Dury)May 23. 



LIBELLULA, Linn. 



In Libellula the posterior lobe of the prothorax is 

 small and entire. The male is without hooks on the 



