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Subfamily LIBELLULIN.^. 

 Pantala Hagen. 



Hageii, Syu. Neur. N. A. p. 141, 1S61. Kirby, Traus. Zool. Soc. 

 Loud, xii, p. 205, 1889. Calvert, Traus. Am. Ent. Soc. xx, p. 

 223, 1893. 



21. Pantala flavescens Fabricius. PL xvii, figs. 

 92-94. 



lAhellula f. Fabr. Eut. Syst. Supp. p. 285, 1798. P. f. Biblio- 

 graphj^ iu Hageu, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xviii, p. 63, 1875. 

 Calvert I. c. p. 254, 1893. 

 3.5 1 $ Sierra El Taste, September, 1893, G. Eiseu. 



12 1 Sau Jose del Cabo, October, 1893, G. Eisen. 

 2 Mesa Verde, October, 1893, G. Eiseu. 



17 3 2? 



Distinguished from P. hynnencea by its general yellow- 

 ish color and the absence of a dark brown spot near the 

 anal angle of the hind wings, as well as by a relative dif- 

 ference in the lengths of the superior and inferior ap- 

 pendages of the males (cf. figs. 90 and 92, pi. xvii). 



Distribution. Tropical parts of Old and New Hemi- 

 spheres, occasional in the United States as far north as 

 Massachusetts and Wisconsin (details in Hagen or Cal- 

 vert //. cc.) 



22. Pantala hymens a Say. PI. xvii, figs. 90, 91. 



Lihellula h. Say, Jour. Ac. Phila. viii, p. 18, 1839. P. h. Hageu, 

 Syu. Neur. N. A. p. 142, 1861. Calvert, Traus. Am. Eut. Soc. 

 XX, p. 254, 1893. 

 2? Coral de Piedras, September, 1893, G. Eiseu. 



13 (? 9 Sau Jose del Cabo, October, 1893, G. Eiseu. 

 2 Mesa Verde, October, 1893, G. Eiseu. 



3 Miraflores, Sejitember, 1894, Eiseu & Vaslit. 



1 Sau Jose del Cabo, September, 1894, Eiseu it Vaslit. 



15 3 15? 



Greenish, with dark brown markings; hind wings with 

 a round, dark brown spot near anal angle. 



