PARAPHLEBIA. f 1 



brown-brassy stripe, and a black spot upon the pectus, beneath, 

 yellow; feet yellow, femora exteriorly, tibiae interiorly and tarsi 

 black ; abdomen obscure green-brassy, with a basal yellow lunule 

 to the segments ; appendages black, the superior ones forcipated, 

 with a basal, internal tooth, and a lamina with the margin straight 

 and its apex dentated ; the inferior appendages long, straight, 

 narrow, flat, the apex rounded; wings hyaline, pterostigma oblong, 

 black, the sides margined with yellow ; eleven postcubital cross- 

 nervules. 



Length 42 — 38 millim. Alar expanse 45 — 43 millim. Ptero- 

 stigma 1J millim. 



Hah. Bergen Hill, New Jersey (Guex) ; Florida (Osten Sacken) ; 

 Chicago (id.)] "Wisconsin (Robt. Kennicott); North Red River 



13. L. forcipata! 



Lestes forcipata Ramb. Neuropt. 246, 4. 



Brassy-green; mouth yellow; dorsum of the thorax green-brassy 

 (cf ) or with a middle line and a stripe each side, yellow 9 ; sides 

 yellow, with a superior, green-brassy stripe, dilated at the wings, 

 or with an inferior black stripe (J") ; feet yellow, femora bilineated 

 with black, tibiae interiorly and tarsi black ; abdomen brassy-green, 

 sides yellow, or at the base and apex pruinose ( J*); a basal lunule 

 upon the segments yellow; appendages black, the superior ones 

 forcipated, on the inside bidentated, the intermediate lamina with 

 its margin rather straight, serrated ; the inferior appendages long, 

 flat, the apex dilated interiorly, somewhat spoon-shaped ; wings 

 hyaline ; pterostigma black, margined with yellow at the sides ; 

 twelve postcubital cross-nervules. 



Length 35 millim. Alar expanse 40 millim. Pterostigma 1J 

 millim. 



Hah. Chicago; Washington (Osten Sacken) ; Wisconsin (Robt. 

 Kennicott). Extremely like L. nympha, of Europe, it seems 

 hardly different from that species. Is this the true L. forcipata 

 of Rambur ? 



PARAPHLEBIA Selts. 



Postcostal space furnished with two or three areoles ; sectors 

 numerous. 



