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the same as the species I had taken at Bluffton, Indiana. Later 
Professor Walker compared an Indiana female with the type 
(which has only North America for locality) and pronounced 
them identical. At an earlier date Professor Walker had sent 
me two é and one Q, all teneral, of the species from Wilbra- 
ham, Mass., taken June 5, 1902. My specimens were taken 
at Bluffton from June 23 to July 13, 1907, 22 6,1 Q, all 
adult. 
Color in life @.—Pale markings throughout, and eyes and face pale 
blue; rear of eyes shining black. Dorsal thoracic stripes 4 mm. long, 
I mm. wide at narrowest point, widened above and below, nearly 
meeting at the mid-dorsal line at the antealar sinus. Lateral stripes 
undivided, the first 1 mm. wide below, wider and diffuse above, the 
upper extremity about 3 mm. wide; second stripe about 1 mm. wide, 
the anterior (upper) edge nearly straight, the posterior (lower) edge 
less regular, the extreme upper end of the stripe wider. Abdomen :* 
LATERAL DORSAL 
ANTERIOR 
POSTERIOR 
SEGMENT 3 
AESHNA MUTATA G 
Segment 1 brown, a dorsal apical spot and sides below apically, blue; 
segment 2 blue, above basally, as far as the transverse carina, brown 
continuous with the brown on 1, a dorsal blue streak through this 
brown, a transverse brown stripe posterior to the transverse carina 
and at the apex of the segment; the lower surface of the auricles and 
a longitudinal streak posterior to them, brown; segment 3 anterior to 
carina blue (A)+ with a dorsal longitudinal brown stripe (1)t con- 
* With post mortem changes the color pattern is often confused or 
entirely obliterated. So far as my material goes the greatest changes 
take place in the basal portion of the segments anterior to the trans- 
verse carina. In some segments where coloration posterior to the 
transverse carina is fairly well preserved, anterior to it all trace of 
color pattern has disappeared in a uniform dull brown. 
+These letters and numerals apply to corresponding letters and 
numerals in the figures representing color pattern of segments 3 and 6. 
