﻿AQUATIC 
  INSECTS 
  IN 
  THE 
  ADIRONDACKS 
  539 
  

  

  Tramea 
  lacerata 
  Hagen 
  

  

  1861 
  Tramea 
  lacerata 
  Hagen, 
  Synopsis 
  Neur. 
  N. 
  Am. 
  p. 
  145 
  

   1890 
  Tramea 
  lacerata 
  Cabot, 
  Immature 
  state 
  Odon. 
  pt 
  3, 
  p. 
  46, 
  pi. 
  6, 
  fig. 
  1 
  

   1893 
  Tramea 
  lacerata 
  Calvert, 
  Am. 
  ent. 
  soc. 
  Trans. 
  20:255 
  

   1895-97 
  Tramea 
  lacerata 
  Calvert, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ent. 
  soc. 
  Jour, 
  3:47 
  and 
  5:94 
  

   (listed 
  from 
  Freeville 
  and 
  Buffalo) 
  

  

  1899 
  Tramea 
  lacerata 
  Kellicott, 
  Odon. 
  Ohio, 
  p. 
  94 
  (description) 
  

  

  1900 
  Tramea 
  lacerata 
  Williamson, 
  Dragon 
  flies 
  Ind. 
  p. 
  316 
  (description) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  more 
  generally 
  distributed 
  through 
  

   the 
  central 
  part 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  altitudes 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  state 
  than 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  one. 
  It 
  flies 
  throughout 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  Pairs 
  

   are 
  often 
  seen 
  coursing 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  ponds 
  and 
  ovipositing 
  in 
  early 
  

   spring, 
  and 
  in 
  August 
  males 
  are 
  often 
  seen 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  uplands, 
  miles 
  

   from 
  water, 
  foraging. 
  They 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  difficult 
  to 
  capture 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  

   nymphs 
  are 
  often 
  found 
  quite 
  abundantly 
  and 
  are 
  easily 
  reared. 
  

  

  Nymph. 
  Measures 
  in 
  total 
  length 
  24 
  mm; 
  abdomen 
  14 
  mm; 
  hind 
  

   femur 
  7.5 
  mm; 
  width 
  of 
  head 
  7.5 
  mm, 
  of 
  abdomen 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Characters 
  as 
  stated 
  for 
  the 
  genus 
  : 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  middorsal 
  paler 
  line 
  on 
  

   the 
  abdomen, 
  distinguishable 
  among 
  the 
  other 
  paler 
  markings 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   little 
  proximal 
  seta 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  labial 
  lobe 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  10 
  that 
  are 
  

   always 
  present 
  in 
  Carolina; 
  the 
  hook 
  is 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  and 
  

   incurvate 
  at 
  end 
  as 
  in 
  that 
  species; 
  the 
  mental 
  setae 
  are 
  14-15, 
  as 
  in 
  

   that 
  species, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  8 
  or 
  9 
  very 
  close 
  set 
  and 
  longer. 
  

  

  PANTALA 
  

  

  Our 
  state 
  can 
  claim 
  but 
  a 
  single 
  species. 
  

  

  Pantala 
  flavescens 
  Fabricius 
  

  

  1798 
  Libellula 
  flavescens 
  Fabricius, 
  Ent. 
  syst. 
  suppl. 
  p. 
  285 
  

   1861 
  Pantala 
  flavescens 
  Hagen, 
  Synopsis 
  Neur. 
  N. 
  Am. 
  p. 
  142 
  

   1890 
  Pantala 
  flavescens 
  Cabot, 
  Immature 
  state 
  Odon. 
  pt 
  3, 
  p. 
  43, 
  pi. 
  6, 
  

  

  fig. 
  5 
  

   1893 
  Pantala 
  flavescens 
  Calvert, 
  Am. 
  ent. 
  soc. 
  Trans. 
  20 
  : 
  254 
  

   1895 
  Pantala 
  flavescens 
  Calvert, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ent. 
  soc. 
  Jour. 
  3:47 
  

  

  1899 
  Pantala 
  flavescens 
  Kellicott, 
  Odon. 
  Ohio, 
  p. 
  93 
  (description) 
  

  

  1900 
  Pantala 
  flavescens 
  Williamson, 
  Dragon 
  flies 
  Ind. 
  p. 
  315 
  (descrip- 
  

  

  tion 
  ; 
  recorded 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  state) 
  

  

  This 
  cosmopolitan 
  species 
  is 
  apparently 
  rare 
  within 
  our 
  limits. 
  

  

  Nymph. 
  Measures 
  in 
  total 
  length 
  25 
  mm; 
  abdomen 
  15 
  mm; 
  hind 
  

   femur 
  7 
  mm; 
  width 
  of 
  head 
  7 
  mm, 
  of 
  abdomen 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Body 
  clean, 
  smooth, 
  depressed, 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  Tramea, 
  with 
  rows 
  

   of 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  black 
  dots 
  arranged 
  transversely 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  abdominal 
  

   segments 
  5-8, 
  paired 
  blotches 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  segment 
  7, 
  

   at 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  segment 
  8, 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  middorsal 
  line 
  of 
  

  

  