Head black. Eyes distant. Antennæ very short and thick. Thorax grey, and striped obliquely on the sides with black. Abdomen black, long, and slender; each articulation being grey. Legs grey, being striped at top with black. Wings transparent, except at the tips, where they are of a very dark brown; having a small black spot placed on the anterior edges of each near their extremities.
PLATE XLVII.
LIBELLULA AXILENA.
Plate [XLVII]. fig. 1.
Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: Libellulidæ, Leach.
Genus. Libellula, Auct.
Libellula Axilena. Capite maculis 5 albis, thoracis dorso lateribusque virescentibus, abdominè luteo dorso fusco; alis albis hyalinis strigâ parvâ subcostali basali, margineque tenui (pone medium) nigris stigmate albo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Libellula Lydia, Drury, App. vol. 2. (nec vol. 1. pl. 47. fig. 1.)
Habitat: Virginia.