Mouth white. Eyes contiguous. Antennæ short and small, but distinct and plain when viewed through a microscope. On the back part of the head are situated five white spots. Thorax golden brown at top, the sides being of a pale green. Abdomen black at top, the sides being of a tawny orange; beneath pale green. Wings transparent; each having a very narrow dark brown border, beginning at the middle of the anterior edges and running round the tops, where it ends: a very narrow black streak also is placed near these edges, close to the body, from whence it seems to issue, being about a quarter of an inch in length.
Our author having inadvertently applied the same name to this handsome species which he had given to that figured in vol. 1. pl. [47]. fig. 1, I have been compelled to give this a new specific denomination.
LIBELLULA EPONINA.
Plate [XLVII]. fig. 2.
Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: Libellulidæ, Leach.
Genus. Libellula, Auct.
Libellula Eponina. Alis flavescentibus fasciis subtribus nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Libellula Eponina, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Syst. Ent. 2. 382. No. 39.
Habitat: Boston, New England (Drury). Carolina (Fabr.).
Mouth white. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen dark brown, the latter being clouded with black. Wings of a yellowish hue, each having two dark brown bars crossing them, one a little distance from the tips, the other near the middle of the wing; between the latter and the body is placed a dark brown spot with a streak above it, those on the inferior wings being largest and most distinct.