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Abd. male 30, female 28 ; h. w. male 20, female 21. 
Male.— Color dull black, with a brown tinge, markings yellow. The 
body below yellow. Abdomen green, sides of 1 — 7 and narrow basal 
rings interrupted on the dorsum, yellow. Stigma brown, bounded at 
each end by a fine white line. 
Female. — Humerals wider, and more yellow on sides of thorax and 
abdomen. Rear of head with a yellow band. 
Life Zone : I'l'ansition and Upper Austral. 
Wisconsin: Milwaukee Co., 1900; July 27, 1903. 
Time and Habitat — July to October about lakes and ponds. 
Lestes uncatus Kirb}^ Synonymic Catalogue, p. 160, 1890 ; Need- 
ham, Bull. 68 X. Y. State Mus.. p. 234, 1903 (Bibliogi'aphy & Desc. of 
nymph) . 
Abd. male 20, female 27 ; h. w. male 21, female 25. 
'Male. — Color metallic green, marked with yellow. Thorax green, 
with a narrow humeral line yellow. Abdomen with three apical seg- 
ments black, narrow rings on 3 — 7 at the joints, and sides largely, 
yellow. 
Female.- — A mid-dorsal thoracic carina j-ellow-. Abdominal rings 
interrupted on dorsum, basal half of segment 1 j^ellow. 
Life Zone : Transition and Upper Austral. 
^Yisconsin: Dane Co., :May 30, 1900; Milwaukee Co., Aug. 12, 1900; 
July 10-22, 1903. 
.Time and Habitat — July to September about small lakes and ponds. 
Lestes disjunctus Selys, BulL Ac. Belg. (2), 13, p. 302. 1862; Xeed- 
ham, Bull. 68, N. Y. State^Mus., p. 233, 1903 (Bibliography). 
Abd. male 29, female 27 ; h. w. male 20, female 21. 
^lale. — Color dull black, marked with yellow. Abdomen green or 
bronze, the three aj^ical segments black. Sides of 1—7 3''ellow% 3 — 7 
with narrow interrupted basal rings. Thoracic carina and narrow 
humerals, yellow. 
Female. — Abdomen stouter, humerals wider than those of the male. 
Life Zone : Transition and Upper Austral. 
Wisconsin: Mihvaukee Co.. Aug. 22, 1899. 
Time and Habitat— Julj^ to September about small lakes and rivers. 
Lestes forcipatiss Eambur, Ins. Nevr., p. 246, 1842; Hagen, Syn. 
Neur. N. Am., p. 70, 1861 (L. haiiuita) ; Xeedham. Bull. 68 N. Y. State 
Mus., 6. 235, 1903 (Bibliography & Desc. of nymph). 
Abd. male 33, female 29 — 3i ; h. w. male 22, female 24. 
The male and female of this species both resemble disju actus very 
much. The male is distinguished by the wider humerals and apically 
wider inferior appendages, the female by her coloration and markings 
agreeing closely to those of the male and the black stigma. 
Life Zone : LTpper and Lower Austral. 
Wisconsin : Milwaukee Co., July 9, 1899, 
Time and Habitat — April to August about rivers and small lakes. 
Lestes rectangularis Say, Journ. Ac. Sci. Phila., 8, p. 34. 1839; 
Hagen, S>ti. Neur. N. Am., p. 66, 1861 ; Needham, Bull. 68 N. Y. State 
Mus., p. 235, 1903 (BibliogTaphv & Decs, of nymph) ; Needham, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 26, p. 762, 19 03 (Venation) . 
Abd. male 39—41, female 32—34 ; h. w. male 21—25, female 23. 
;Male. — Dull brown, nearly black, marked with yellow or green. 
