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.
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.