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ments, appendages black ; the superiors as long as the two apical seg- 
ments, cylindrical, the apical half denticulated inferiorily. Hamule 
longer than the genital lobe. 
Female. — Similar. The face yellowish, the frons above metallic 
blue, the vertex yellow. Femora brown, abdomen with yellow dorsal 
spots, vulvar lamina bilobed, the lobes widening apically, one half the 
length of 9, appendages as long as 8 and 9. 
Life Zone : Upper and Lower Austral. 
Wisconsin : Milwaukee Co., June 1900. 
Time and Habitat — June to September. About ponds, lakes and 
open places. 
Tramea Carolina Linnee, Cent. Ins., p. 28, 1763 ; Hagen, Syn. Neur. 
N. Am., p. 143, 1861 ; Needham, Bull. 47, N. Y. State Mus., p. 538, 1901 
(Bibliography & desc. of nymph) . 
Abd. male 33, female 35 ; h. w. male 43 — 45, female 43 ; width at 
base 17—18. 
Male. — Color brown. Face yellow, frons above and vertex metallic 
blue. Thorax legs, abdomen and anal spot on the wings brown. The 
species has some resemblance to lacerata, A marked distinctive feature 
is that the hyaline anal incision into the brown spot on the hind wings 
enters only one-fourth of the width of the brown band, not two-thirds 
as lacerata. The latter moreover has the outer side of the fuscous area 
twice strongly angulated, the upper, smaller angulation on the upper 
sector of the triangle, the other larger angle on the cubital vein. Caro- 
lina is angulated strongly only on the upper sector of the triangle. 
The stigma is shorter, yellow or orange, the veins toward the costa 
reddish yellow. Superior appendages longer than 9 and 10, the genital 
lobe and hamule equal in length. 
Female. — Similar. The appendages longer than 8 and 9, vulvar 
lamina a triffle shorter than 9. 
Life Zone : Upper and Lower Austral. 
Wisconsin: Milwaukee Co., May 22, 1902 ; Aug. 1, 1903. 
Time and Habitat— ISlay to September about lakes, ponds, in woods 
and open places. 
PANTALA Hagen, Syn. Neur. N. Am., p. 141, 1861 ; Needham, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus. 26, p. 721, 1903 (Venation). 
Like their allies of the preceding genus the two species of 
Pantala are restive fliers and not easily captured, winging them- 
selves along at great speed, often at a considerable distance above 
the ground. They are not discriminative in choice of their sur- 
roundings, imitating their relatives in this respect also. From 
Tramea they are distinguished by the clear wings of one species 
and the diminutive anal spot of the other. The imagoes are less 
abundant than their relatives of Tramea. 
1. Anal margin flavescent, no anal spot flavenscens 
Anal margin with a distinct fuscous spot hymen ea 
Pantala flavenscens Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 285, 1798; 
Hagen, Syn. Neur. N. Am., p. 142, 1861 ; Needham, Bull. 47, N. Y. State 
Msn., p. 539, 1901 (Bibliographv & desc. of nymph) ; Needham, Proc. U. 
S. Nat. Mus. 26, p. 764, 1903 (Venation). 
