Plate XLVIII. fig. 3.
ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Subulicornes. FAMILY: Libellulidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. AGRION, _Fabr._ Libellula, _Linn._ Calepteryx, _Leach_.
LIBELLULA BERENICE. Lutea, thorace nigro lineato, abdomine ([male])
coeruleo; ([female]) luteo; alis hyalinis nubilâ centrali costali fuscâ
stigmateque nigro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Libellula Berenice, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Virginia, New York, Maryland.
Front of the head yellow. Eyes brown, large, and joined close together.
Thorax yellow, and beautifully marked with black stripes, both at top and
on its sides; the former running parallel with it, the other obliquely.
Abdomen yellow, the characteristic of the female; but in the other sex
blue, with black joints. Legs black. Wings transparent, with a slender
black spot near the tips of each; in the middle of each also is a rather
large dark cloud placed on the anterior edge, and another at the base
next the body.
{119}CORDULEGASTER SABINA.
Plate XLVIII. fig. 4.
ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Subulicornes. FAMILY: Libellulidæ, Leach.
GENUS. CORDULEGASTER. _Leach_, _Steph._ Libellula p. _Drury_.
CORDULEGASTER SABINA. Ænea, thorace nigro lineato; abdomine clavato
nigro, flavo annulato, alis hyalinis stigmate minuto. (Expans. Alar. 3
unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Libellula Sabina, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: China, and the Island of Johanna, near Madagascar.
Front of the head green. Eyes brown, large, and placed close together.
Thorax green, with three black longitudinal stripes at top, and with
several others running obliquely on its sides. Abdomen, next the thorax,
large and green, with black transverse stripes, but of a sudden becomes
very small and slender for about five-eighths of an inch; black, with
yellow rings; afterwards it becomes broad near the extremity, where it is
black, the apex being yellow. Legs black. Wings transparent, except a
small slender spot near the tips of each on the anterior edges.