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Manual of
The Odonata of New England
by R. Heber Howe, Jr.
Part I : March, 1917, pages 1-8
Part II : August, 1917, pages 9-24
Part III : August 30, 1918, pages 25-40
Part IV : March 25, 1919, pages 41-66
Part V : January 8, 1920, pages 67-94
Part VI : March 15, 1920, pages 95-102
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Memoir of
the Thoreau Museum of Natural History : 1 1
Middlesex School
Concord, Massachusetts
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MEMOIR
OF THE
THOREAU MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: II
Manual of the Odonata of New England
By R. HEBER HOWE, Jr.
Part I.
Mareh, 1917.
In 1905 Dr. P. P. Calvert published * a list of the Odonata
of New England. Since that date a considerable number of *
species have been added to his list, bringing the number known
from this area to over one-hundred and fifty. Our distributional
knowledge of species in the six states of this group has also been
very much enlarged.
The present work is an attempt to supply a field manual of
the New England Odonata for the use of all classes of students.
A pictorial key of genera, and illustrations of the diagnostic
characters of species are given, in the hope that an easy recogni-
tion of these insects will lead to a more general study of them.
The habitat, abundance, limital dates of capture, and all known
stations are recorded, and for the most part the ranges mapped.
The classification as given by Dr. Muttkowski in his Catalogue
of the Odontata of North America (1910) has been adopted.
The author wishes to espress his sincere thanks to Mr. E. B.
Williamson, Dr. R. A. Muttkowski, Mr. L. B. Woodruff, Dr.
E. M. Walker, Mr. C. W. Johnson, Dr. Samuel Henshaw, Mr.
Nathan Banks, Dr. R. P. Currie, Dr. F. E. Lutz, Dr. P. P.
Calvert, Messrs. D. M. and B. K. Little, Mr. W. T. Davis,
Mr. D. L. Dutton, Mr. A. P. Morse, and to my daughter, Miss
S. A. Howe, for valued help.
Order: Odonata Fabricius
* No. 6. Occasional Papers of the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 7: Fauna of N. E.,
Oct. 1905.
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Pictorial Key of Genera
ODONATA
x
Zygoptera : Damsel Flies
Wings closed when alighted.
Anisoptera: Dragon Flies
Wings open when alighted.
Eyes widely separated, by more than
the full width of an eye.
Eyes approximate, separated by less than half the
width of an eye. (See Aeshnidae and Libellulidae) .
Agrionidae
Coenagrionidae
Agrioninae
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Agrion Haeterina
Suborder: Zygoptera Selys
Family: Agrionidae Leach
Subfamily: Agrioninae Kirby
Genus: Agrion Fabricius
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Agrion amatum
+
+
+
dimitiatum apicale
+
aequabile
+
+
+
+
+
maculatum
+
+
+
+
+ +
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a. Wings narrow (7-9 mm.),
front and hind margins nearly parallel.
Pterostigma in all females occasionally absent or poorly developed.
1. Agrion amatum (Hagen).
Psyche 5: 244. 1889. Type locality: “ Dublin, New Hampshire.’'
Rare, — cold, wooded, mountain brooks, alt. 500 to 1300 ft.
June 18 to July 14.
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slos-
son); Dublin (Hagen); Peterboro
(Cabot); Intervale (U. S. N. M.).
Massachusetts: Montgomery (M. C.
Z.&U. S. N.M.).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).*
2. Agrion dimidiatum apicale
(Burm).
Handb. ent. 2: 827. 1839. Type
locality: “Vaterland unbekannt.”
(Apparently Philadelphia).
Very rare, — brooks and ditches.
This species is often confused
with the following, and all re-
cords need careful verification.
June 21 to July 21.
Massachusetts: Waltham, South Reading
(Hagen); Carver (B. S. N. H.); Medfield (Morse).
b. Wings wide (9-10 mm.), hind
margin bowed.
3. Agrion aequabile (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 33. 1839.
Type locality: “Massachusetts.”
Common, — brooks, creeks, and ditches.
A. amatum (natural size).
Wings fuliginous, hind wings c?
brown at tip.
May to July 21.
* Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 22: 155. 1914.
A. d. apicale (natural
size). Wings hyaline or
fuliginous; cf brackish at
tips.
3
Maine: Foxcroft, South Lagrange, Orono, Bradley, Auburn (Harvey);
Manchester (Wadsworth); Bethel, Norway (Hagen); Machias (B. S.
N. H.).
New Hampshire: Peterboro (M. C. Z.);
Piscataqua river (M. C. Z.).
Vermont: Newport (Slosson).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings);
Sherborn (Babcock); Lawrence, Brookline,
Tyngsboro (Hagen); North Reading, Great
Barrington, North Adams, (B. S. N. H.);
Concord (Howe); South Natick (Morse);
Norfolk Co., (M. C. Z.).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
4. Agrion maculatum Beauv.
Ins. Afr. Amer. 85. j)l. 7. /. 3. 1805.
Type Locality: “Etat-Unisd’Amerique.”
... n i i A. aequabile (natural size).
Abundant, — woodland and grass wings fuliginous; blackish <?
grown brooks, and streams. or brown $ at tips.
April 16 to August 27.
Maine: No. East Carry, Foxcroft, South Lagrange, Orono, Bradley,
Farmington (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth); Norway (Hagen);
Mt. Desert (Bullock); Wales, Machias (B.
S. N. H.); Norcross (U. S. N. M.).
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck (Howe);
Franconia (U. S. N. M.).
Vermont: Newport (Slosson); Bennington
(B. S. N. H.); Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Ipswich, Cambridge, Mil-
ton, Sutton, Northampton (Hagen) ; Sherborn
(Babcock); Nahant, Dorchester, Andover,
Tyngsboro, Brookline (M. C. Z.); Hopkinton,
Blue Hills, Auburndale (B. S. N. H.); North
Saugus (U. S. N. M.); Concord (Howe).
Rhode Island: Apponaug (B. S. N. H.).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Darien,
Rowayton (B. S. N. H.); Devil’s Garden (U.
S. N. M.).
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A. maculatum (natural size).
Wings black cf, and brown 9
MAP OF THE
Genus : Haeterina Hagen
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Haeterina americana +
5.
Haeterina americana (Fabr.).
Ent. syst. suppl. 287. 1798. Type
locality: “America.”
Uncommon, — meadow brooks,
ditches, and rivers.
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June 22 to September 16.
Maine: Chemo Mills, Bradley, Winslow,
Auburn (Harvey); Norway (Hagen).
Massachusetts: Salem, Weston (Hagen) ;
Wellesley (B. S. N. H.) ; Sherborn (Morse) ;
Cambridge, Provincetown (M. C. Z.).
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H. americana (natural size).
Wings yellowish; red c? or
orange 9 at base.
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Note: B. S. N. H.= Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass.; U.S. N.
M.= U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C.; M. C. Z. = Museum Comparative
Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.
Coenagrionidae
Lestinae Coenagrioninae
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MOPAJ-
*— -rieoi aN ^
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Subnodal and median veins joining
nearer the arculus than the nodus.
..SOBNODM-
PIED/AN
-•JOINING
LUS
Subnodal and median veins joining
nearer the nodus than the arculus.
(See Coenagrioninae.)
Family: Coenagrionidae Kirby
Subfamily: Lestinae Needham
Genus: Lestes Leach
b
Me. N.H. Vt. Mass. R.I. Conn.
eurinus
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congener
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unguiculatus
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uncatus
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disjunctus
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forcipatus
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rectangularis
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vigilax
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inequalis
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+
A. Wings c?
distinctly fuliginous.
#
wings 25-
-29
mm. long. 9 wings 27-28
mm. long.
Note: The females of all agrionines are difficult to determine as they have few marked
characters, and are often dimorphic. Pairs taken in copulation will supply material
for study.
The drawings of the male abdominal appendages are from Dr. Calvert’s Catalogue of
the Odonata of Philadelphia (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 20: 152-272, 1893), and are re-
published with permission.
l-n-ferior-
6. Lestes eurinus Say.
Jour. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8 : 36. 1839. Type locality: “Massa-
chusetts.”
Uncommon, — ponds.
July 10 to 20.
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Bab-
cock); Milton (Hagen); Woods Hole
(Kellicott) ; Brookline, Province- * ’ ^u^e’ri0’*
town (M. C. Z.); Wellesley, Green Lodge (Morse); Concord (Howe).
Connecticut: Burchard’s Pond, Fairfield Co. (U. S. N. M.).
B. Wings cf and 9 hyaline, d1 wings less than 25 mm.,
9 wings less than 24 mm. long.
a. cf inferior appendages less than half as long as superior appen-
dages. 9 ;s with a yellow mid-dorsal line along the abcfomen.
7. Lestes congener Hagen.
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 67. 1861. Type locality: “New York.”
Uncommon, — ponds and ditches.
July 29 to October 9.
Maine: North West Carry, Orono (Harvey);
Manchester (W adsworth) .
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New Hampshire: Franconia (U. S. N. M.).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe); West Chop (Morse).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
b. c? inferior appendages over half as long, but not longer than the
superior appendages. $ ’s with a yellow line across the back of the head.
8. Lestes unguiculatus Hagen.
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 70. 1861. Type locality: “Chicago; Bergen
Hill, New Jersey; New York; St. Louis; Wisconsin.”
Common, — ponds and ditches.
June 17 to September 5.
Maine: North West Carry, Orono (Harvey); Man-
chester (Wadsworth); York Harbor (Moore).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitching); Cuttyhunk island (Calvert);
Martha’s Vineyard (Moore); Concord (Howe); Provincetown, Melrose
Highlands (U. S. N. M.).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Block Island (Woodruff).
1. cf inferior appendages straight , or nearly so. cf1 wings less
than 22 mm. long. $ with no yellow line on back of head.
Wings less than 24 mm. long.
9. Lestes uncatus Kirby.
Cat. Odon. 160, 1890. Type locality:
“Chicago; Washington; Wisconsin.”
Uncommon, — ponds and ditches.
June 16 to September.
Maine: Orono (Harvey); Manchester (Wads-
worth).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson); North
Conway (Calvert); Squam lake (B. S. N. H.). 9 side thoracic mark-
ings: light line (humeral)
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton). between dark bands uni-
Jormly narrow.
Massachusetts: Cambridge, Milton (Hagen) ; Worcester (Hitchings);
Concord (Howe); Mt. Everett, Chester (B. S. N. H.).
Connecticut: Darien (B. S. N. H.).
(To be continued.)
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Manual of the Odonata of New England
By R. HEBER HOWE, Jr.
Part II.
August, 1917.
10. Lestes disjunctus Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 16: 210. 1862. Type locality: “Nouvelle-Ecosse,
Maine, Illinois, Chicago.”
Uncommon, — ponds, ditches, and brooks.
June to September 18.
Maine: Orono, Fryeburg (Harvey); Manches-
ter (Wadsworth); Norway (M. C. Z.).
New Hampshire: Fabyan’s (Calvert); Franc-
onia (Slosson); Moultonboro, Meredith Neck
(Howe).
Massachusetts: Concord, Nantucket (Howe);
Norfolk Co. (M. C. Z.); Provincetown (B. S.
jj \ 9 light line narrow, but
widening slightly
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); North anteriorly.
Windham, South Kent (Morse).
11. Lestes forcipatus Rambur.
Ins. Neur. 246. 1842. Type locality: “FAmerique septentrionale.”
Not uncommon, — ponds and ditches.
June 27 to September 5.
Maine: Orono, Fryeburg (Harvey); Manches-
ter (Wadsworth).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock); Worces-
ter (Hitchings) ; Cuttyhunk Island (Calvert) ;
Woods Hole (U. S. N. M.); Concord, Monument
Beach, (Howe).
Connecticut: New Haven (Moore); Litchfield
(Woodruff).
12. Lestes rectangularis Say.
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 34. 1839. Type locality: “Indiana,
Massachusetts.”
9 light line uniformly
wide f its length.
9
Common, — ponds, brooks, and ditches.
June 21 to September 19.
Maine: Orono, Fryeburg (Harvey); Man-
chester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson); Moul-
tonboro, Meredith Neck (Howe).
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen); Worcester
(Hitchings); Cuttyhunk Island (Calvert); Sher- , |ight ,.ne wiJming
born (B. S. N. H.); Medfield, Dover (Morse); anteriorly.
Winchendon, Cambridge, Saugus, Brookline,
Norfolk Co. (M. C. Z.); Woods Hole, Provincetown (U. S. N. M.);
Concord, Monument Beach (Howe); Hingham (Barnes).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Block Island (Calvert); Bristol
(Howe) .
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Bethlehem (U. S. N. M.).
2. c? wings more than 22 mm. long. $ wings more than 24 mm.
long.
13. Lestes vigilax Hagen.
Bull. acad. Belg. 16: 214. 1862. Type locality: “New- Jersey.”
Common, — lakes, ponds, and ditches.
June 19 to September 5.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth); Fryeburg (Harvey); Cape
Elizabeth (M. C. Z.); Orono (U. S. N. M.).
New Hampshire: Moultonboro, Meredith Neck
(Howe).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Nantucket
(Albertson); Concord, Wareham (Howe); Medfield,
Sherborn, (Morse); Natick, Cambridge (M. C. Z.).
Rhode Island: Block Island, Meredith Neck (Cal-
vert).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); South Kent
(Morse); Darien (U. S. N. M.).
c. d inferior appendages longer than superior. $ back of head
entirely yellow.
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14. Lestes inequalis Walsh.
Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 385. 1862. Type
locality: [Rock Island, Illinois.]
Rare,— lakes, ponds, and ditches.
June 17 to August 15.
Maine: Bradley, Orono (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson); Moultonboro, Meredith
Neck (Howe).
Massachusetts: Cohasset, Blue Hills, North Reading, Manomet
(B. S. N. H.); Hyde Park (M. C. Z.); Sherborn (Morse).
Note: Since the publication of Part I, I have secured a record of L. unguiculalus
for New Hampshire: WhiteMts., (M. C.Z.). I have also found the species common at
Nantucket, Hingham (Barnes), Cohasset (Warden), and Woods Hole, Mass., and
Middletown, R. I.
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Coenagrioninae
/ —
Argia
Hairs on tibia twice as long as the
spaces between the hairs.
s
Group 1
Hairs on tibia never twice as long as the
spaces between the hairs (see Group 1).
Subfamily: Coenagrioninae Kirby
Genus: Argia Rambur
Me. N. H.
Argia moesta + +
Argia violacea + +
Argia sedula
A. More than one cell under pterostigma.
15. Argia moesta (Hagen).*
Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
+ +
+ + + +
+?
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 94. 1861. Type locality: “Pecos River,
Western Texas.”
* = A. moesta var. putrida (Hagen) see Ent. News 23: 196-203, 1912.
Common, — ponds and lakes.
June 25 to August 30.
Maine: Orono (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth);
Liberty, Pudding pond (B. S. N. H.); Bradley (U. S.
N. M.).
d’1 Side view last
abdominal
segment.
New Hampshire: Moultonboro, Meredith Neck, (Howe).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Natick, Sherborn (Morse);
Concord (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Darien (U. S. N. M.).
B. Only one cell under pterostigma of wing .
16. Argia violacea (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 90. 1861. Type locality: “Maryland,” etc.
Abundant, — ponds, and lakes.
June 6 to September 10.
Maine: Bradley, Orono (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth);
Mt. Desert (Bullock).
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New Hampshire: Meredith
Neck (Howe).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Wareham,
Concord (Howe) ; Medfield,
Dover (Morse); Gloucester (U.
S. N. M.).; Hingham (Barnes).
cf Abdominal ap-
pendages
(side view).
9 Side view of thorax.
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis).
Connecticut: West Hartford, Milton, Litchfield (Woodruff).
Note: Argia apicalis (Say). Though included in Dr. Calvert’s list, the record
was expunged by Mr. E. B. Williamson (Ent. News 17: 31. 1906).
Argia sedula (Hagen). Two teneral specimens were taken in Concord, Mass.,
on June 14, 1916, which were doubtfully referred here by Mr. E. B. Williamson.
The figures of the male abdominal appendages are reproduced with permission from
Hagen’s paper (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 34: 1902).
Note: A specimen of A. violacea taken since this map was made extends the
range to Buzzards Bay.
Group 1
^ .
Group 2 Group 3
Pale spots (rarely connected by pale No pale spots on top of head, (see
narrow line) on top of head. Group 4 — Chromagrion, Neha-
lennia, and Amphiagrion.)
Enallagma
Group 5
Nodal vein of fore-wing arising near or
beyond 5th poslecubital.
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Nodal vein of fore-wing arising not be-
yond 4th postecubital. (see Group
5 — Ischnura and Anomalagrion.)
Note: The females of this, and the following genera have so few satisfactory char-
acters for determination that specimens taken in copulation will supply the only reli-
able material for study and comparison. The drawings of the male abdominal segments
are in many incidences based with permission on Needham’s plate 19 (Bull. 68, N. Y.
State Mus. 1903), those of Nehalennia and of Ischnura kellicotti on Williamson (Ent.
News 24: 313. 1913, and 9: PI. 9. 1898).
Genus: Enallagma Charpentier.
Enallagma durum ....
cyathigerum . .
hageni ....
calverti ....
divagans ....
ebrium ....
traviatum . . .
aspersum . . .
minusculum . .
doubledayi . . .
carunculatum . .
civile
laterale ....
exsulans ....
signatum . . .
pollutum . . .
pictum ....
geminatum . . .
A. 4 or 5 antenodal cells.
Me.
N. H.
Vt.
Mass. R. I. Conn,
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17. Enallagma durum (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 87. 1861. Type locality: “Maryland;
Louisiana; Florida.”
Rare, — rivers and brooks. 0 ^
July to August 25.
Massachusetts: Woods Hole, Cuttyhunk Island
(Calvert, Ufford).
Rhode Island: Watch Hill (Calvert).
B. 3 antenodal cells,
a. cf with abdominal segments 8 and 9 unmarked with black.
$ with black marking on dorsal surface of last abdominal seg-
ment.
Trt
AJJ
cf side view last abdomi-
nal segments.
18. Enallagma cyathigerum (Charp.).
Lib. Eur. 163. 1840. Type locality: “Silesia.”
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Uncommon, — ponds and lakes.
June to July. 13.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Hermit Lake (Selys);
Franconia (Slosson).
Massachusetts: (Selys); Nantucket (Howe).
19. Enallagma hageni (Walsh).
Proc. ent. soc. Phila. 2: 234. 1863. Type locality: [Rock Island,
Illinois.]
Common, — lakes and ponds.
June to August.
Maine: Foxcroft, Rangeley, Orono, Fryeburg (Harvey); Mt.
Desert (Bullock); Manchester (Wadsworth); York Harbor (Moore).
New Hampshire: Meredith, Moultonboro (Howe).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Dedham (Selys).
20. Enallagma calverti Morse.
Psyche 7: 208.1895. Type locality: “Franktown, Nev.”
Rare, — ponds and marshes.
June 15 to August 12.
Maine: Orono (Harvey).
New Hampshire: Profile Lake (Howe).
Massachusetts: Wellesley (Morse); Sherborn (Babcock); Concord
(Howe).
21. Enallagma ebrium Hagen.
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 89. 1861. Type locality: “Chicago, North
America; New Orleans.”
Common, — ponds and brooks.
June 21 to August 30.
Maine: Manchester (Wadworth).
New Hampshire: Fabyan’s (Calvert); Mere-
dith Neck, Moultonboro (Howe).
Vermont: Brattleboro (Morse); Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: West Bridgewater (Tower); Concord (Howe);
Winchendon, Mt. Everett (B. S. N. H.).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
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22. Enallagma traviatum Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 41: 517. 1876. Type locality: “Dedham, (Massa-
chusetts).”
Rare, — ponds and lakes.
July 18 to August 19.
New Hampshire: ? $ Moultonboro (Howe).
Massachusetts: Dedham (Selys); Sherborn (Morse); Concord
(Howe); Hingham (Barnes).
23. Enallagma aspersum (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 97. 1861. Type locality: “New York;
Bergen Hill, New Jersey; Chicago.”
Uncommon, — ponds.
July to September 5.
Maine: Norway (M. C. Z.).
N e w Hampshire : N orth Conway
Massachusetts: Nonamesset Island, Woods Hole (Calvert); Con-
cord, Nantucket (Howe).
Connecticut: Fairfield Co. (U. S. N. M.).
24. Enallagma minusculum Morse.
Psyche 7: 207. 1895. Type locality: “Sherborn, Mass.”
Rare, — lakes and ponds.
July to August 23.
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck (Howe).
M assachusetts : Sherborn (Morse) .
25. Enallagma doubledayi Selys.
Rev. odon. Eur. 209. 1850. Type locality:
Floride.”
Rare, — ponds.
August.
Massachusetts: Provincetown (Williamson);
Nonamesset Island (Calvert).
26. Enallagma carunculatum Morse.
Psyche 7 : 208. 1895. Type locality: “ Frank-
town, Nev.”
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
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27. Enallagma civile (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 88. 1861. Type locality: “New York,” etc.
Abundant, — lakes, ponds.
May to September 5.
Maine: Orono (Harvey); Manchester (Wad-
worth); York Harbor (Moore).
New Hampshire: Lake Asquam, Meredith Neck, Moultonboro
(Howe).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock); Worcester (Hitchings);
Woods Hole, Cuttyhunk Island (Calvert); Martha’s Vineyard
(Moore); Concord, Nantucket, Wareham, Monument Beach (Howe).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis) Watch Hill, Block Island (Cal-
vert); Bristol, Middletown (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
aa. $ with last abdominal segment unmarked with black.
28. Enallagma divagans Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 41: 521. 1876. Type locality: — “Derdam,
[=DedhamJ Massachusetts.”
Rare, — ponds.
Massachusetts: Dedham.
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
b. with all three last abdominal segments marked with black.
$ with last abdominal segment unmarked with black.
29. Enallagma pictum Morse.
Psyche 7: 274. 1895. Type locality:
“Sherborn, Mass.”
Very rare, — ponds and ditches.
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock).
bb. $ with ninth abdominal segment entirely black.
30. Enallagma geminatum Kellicott.
Ent. news 6: 239. 1895. Type locality: “Licking Reservoir, Ohio
[etc.] ... Corunna, Mich.”
Uncommon, — brooks, ponds and lakes
June to September 10.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe).
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Connecticut: Mt. Carmel, New Haven (Moore); Litchfield (Wood-
ruff).
c. c? with abdominal segment 9 unmarked with black.
9 with last abdominal segment marked with black.
31. Enallagma laterale Morse.
Psyche 7: 274. 1895. Type locality:
“Wellesley, Mass.”
Rare, — ponds.
May 25 to July.
Massachusetts: Wellesley (Morse); Concord (Howe).
cc. 9 with last abdominal segment unmarked with black.
32. Enallagma exsulans (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 82. 1861. Type locality: “Philadelphia;
Berkeley Springs, Virginia; Pecos River, Western Texas.”
Common, — brooks, ponds and lakes.
June to August 7.
Maine: Orono (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck (Howe).
Massachusetts: Sherborn, Medfield (Morse).
Connecticut: Litchfield, West Hartford (Woodruff).
33. Enallagma signatum (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 84. 1861. Type locality: “Georgia; Louisi-
ana.”
Common, — ponds, semicrepuscular.
July 2 to September 2.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth) .
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck, Moultonboro (Howe).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Concord, Woods Hole
(Howe).
Rhode Island; Block Island (Woodruff) ; Middletown (Howe).
Connecticut: West Hartford (Woodruff).
34. Enallagma pollutum (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 83. 1861. Type locality: “Florida.”
Uncommon, — ponds, semi-crepuscular.
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June 23 to August 25.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Moultonboro (Howe).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe).
3
Nehalennia
c? and 9 bronze green above,
abdomen slender.
3
Amphiagrion
d1 and 9 red and black
above, abdomen stout.
Chromagrion
c? and 9 blue and
black above.
Color pattern of thorax and base of abdomen of cf’s as seen from above, (also 3rd
segment drawn to scale).
Nehalennia irene
gracilis
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
+ + + + +
+
35. Nehalennia irene (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 74. 1861. Type locality: “Chicago . . . Maine.”
Uncommon, — grassy ponds and bogs.
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June 24 to August 5.
Maine: Orono, Fryeburg, Westbrook (Harvey); Manchester (Wads-
worth); York Harbor (Moore).
New Hampshire: Meredith, Moulton-
boro (Howe).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings);
Concord, Nantucket (Howe); Mt. Everett, Chester (B. S. N. H.).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
36. Nehalennia gracilis Morse.
Psyche 7:274. 1895. Type locality: “Sherborn [and ] Wellesley*
Mass.”
Very rare, — grassy ponds, bogs.
June 19 to July 19.
Massachusetts: Wellesley, Sherborn (Morse).
Genus : Amphiagrion Selys
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Amphiagrion + + + +
37. Amphiagrion saucium (Burm.).
Handb. ent. 2 : 819. 1839. Type local-
ity; “Siid-Karolina.”
Rare, — ponds and wet meadows.
June to July.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson).
Vermont: Leicester (Dutton); Montgomery (B. S. N. H.).
M assachusetts : (Hagen) .
Genus: Chromagrion Needham.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Chromagrion conditum + + + +
38. Chromagrion conditum (Hagen).
Bull. acad. Belg., 41:1305. 1876.
Type locality : “ Maryland Washing-
ton.”
Uncommon, — ponds and brooks.
May to July 7.
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Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock) ; Concord (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
Group 5
Ischnura Anomalagrion
Plerostigma of male touching Plerostigma of male not touching
the costa on fore wings. the costa of fore wings.
9 ’s with more than 7 postcubitals. 9 ’s with less than 7 postcubitals.
Genus: Ischnura Charp.
Me.
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I. Conn.
Ischnura verticalis
+
+
+
+
+
+
kellicotti
+
+
ramburii
+
+?
+
posita
+
+
+
+
+
39. Ischnura verticalis (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8 : 37.
1839. Type locality: “Indiana.”
Abundant, — grassy ponds, brooks
and ditches.
9 dichromatic daring growth.
May to September 26.
Maine: Orono, Fryeburg (Harvey); Mt. Desert (Bullock); Man-
chester (Wadswroth); York Harbor (Moore).
New Hampshire: Fabyan’s (Calvert); Meredith Neck, Centre
Harbor, Moultonboro (Howe).
Vermont: Newport (Slosson); Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Woods Hole, Cutty hunk
Island (Calvert); Martha’s Vineyard (Moore); Concord, Nantucket
Monument Beach (Howe); Bradley, Provincetown (B. S. N. H.);
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis) ; Block Island (Calvert) ; Middle-
town (Howe).
Connecticut: Poquonock (Britton); South Manchester (Sturgis);
Mt. Carmel (Moore); Litchfield (Woodruff); Middletown (B. S. N. H.).
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40. Ischnura kellicotti Williamson.
Ent. News 9: 209. 1898. Type locality: “Round and Shriner
Lakes, Whitley County, Indiana.”.
Rare, — lakes and ponds.
July to August.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Calvert).
41. Ischnura ramburii Selys.
Rev. odon. Eur. 186. 1850. Type locality: “Yucatan.”
Rare, — ponds, ditches, and salt marsh borders
August to October 2.
?Massachusetts: Canton (M.C.Z.).
Rhode Island: Watch Hill (Cal-
vert); Bristol, Middletown (Howe).
42. Ischnura posita (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. N. Amer. 77. 1861. Type locality: “Savannah, Dalton,
Georgia; Washington.”
Uncommon, — grassy ponds.
L
June to September 3.
Maine: Orono, Penobscot River (Harvey).
New Hampshire: White Mts. (M. C. Z.).
Massachusetts: Salem (Selys); Nan-
tucket, Concord (Howe).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Block Island (Calvert):
dletown (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
Mid-
Genus: Anomalagrion Selys.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Anomalagrion hastatum + +
43. Anomalagrion hastatum (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 38.
1839. Type locality: “Indiana.”
Very rare, — marshes and swamps.
Maine: (Hagen).
Massachusetts : (Hagen) .
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Pictorial Key of Genera of Zygoptera
ODONATA
Zygoptera: Damsel Flies
Wings closed when alighted.
Eyes widely separated, by more than
the full width of an eye.
Anisoptera: Dragon Flies
f
Wings open when alighted.
Eyes approximate, separated by less than half the
width of an eye.
(See later key to Anisoptera: Dragon Flies.)
Agrionidae
Coenagrionidae
t.HTSCVB/TAl c
Five or more antecubitals. Wings not stalked.
Two (rarely three) antecubitals. Wings stalked .
Agrioninae
Agrion
Lestes H&
i10 joO°S
Coenagrioninae
^oO°s
.SOBWt>DAL
•rieo/AN
JOINING
Pterostigma of male touching
the costa on fore wings.
' ’a with more than 7 postcubitnls.
Pterostigma of male not touching
the costa of fore wings.
Q ’s with less than 7 postcuhitals.
<? and $ red and black
above, abdomen stout.
Color pattern of thorax and base of abdomen of cf's
also 3rd segment of 9’s abdomen showing relative diamel
c f and $ blue and
black above.
seen from above,
drawn to scale.
Recapitulation of New England Zygoptera — Damsel-flies
States
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Massachusetts
4
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Anisoptera: Dragon Flies.
Aeshnidae Libellulidae
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L
Group 1
I
Cordulegasterinae
5T1GMA
Pterostigma with a brace vein. (See Petalu*
rinae, Gomphinae, and Aeshinae.)
|
Pterostigma without a brace vein.
(See Cordulegasterinae.)
i
Petalurinae Group 2
Tachopteryx
Cu B ITUS
A NglE
Cubitus appearing symmetrically forked to Cubitus appearing unsymmetrically forked
form triangle. Subtriangle of three cells. to form triangle. Subtriangle of one cell.
(See Gomphinae and Aeshinae.)
Suborder: Anisoptera.
Family: Aeshnidae.
Subfamily: Petalurinae Needham.
Genus: Tachopteryx Selys.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Tachyopteryx thoreyi + +
cT $ pterostigma very long (8-9.5 mm.) and narrow (.8 mm.).
44. Tachyopteryx thoreyi (Hagen).
Monog. Gomp. 373. 1858. Type locality: “ l’Amerique sep-
tentrionale?”
Very rare.
June
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burn-
ham). ^ vjew abdominal
Massachusetts: (Hagen). appendages.
(To be continued.)
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Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History: II
Manual of the Odonata of New England
By R. HEBER HOWE, Jr.
Part III.
August 30, 1918.
Note: Because the distribution of the Gomphines has been so little worked
out for the New England States, as evidenced by the few records for each species,
the distributional maps have been omitted in this part. The habitats, and limital
dates are also very insufficient, but are included wherever possible. No drawings of
the male appendages of G. adelphus have ever been published, nor am I able to
secure a specimen from which to draw them.
Subfamily: Cordulegasterinae Calvert
Genus: Cordulegaster Leach
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Cordulegaster diastatops . .
. + + +
+
+
maculatus . .
, . + + +
+
+
obliquus . . . +
A. Eyes not touching.
+
+
45. Cordulegaster diastatops Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 101. 1854. Type locality: “Columbie.”
(Probably error for District of Columbia, U. S.)
Uncommon, — open woods, brooks, and rapid woodland
streams.
May 28 to August.
Maine: Greenfield, Bradley, Orono
(Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth); Port-
land (M. C. Z.).
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Selys);
Franconia (Slosson); Waterville (M.C. Z.);
Peterboro (Cabot); Jackson (Morse); In-
tervale (Allen).
Vermont: Jay, Troy (Morse).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock); West Bridgewater (Tower);
Concord (Howe); Framingham (Johnson); Newtonville (Thaxter);
Waltham (Bullard); Southbridge (Bromley); Winchendon (Morse).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
B. Eyes touching.
46. Cordulegaster maculatus Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 105. 1854. Type locality: “Georgie Ameri-
caine.”
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Uncommon, — open woods, brooks.
June 1 to August 7.
Maine: Greenfield, Orono (Harvey);
Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burn-
ham); North Conway, Intervale (Allen);
Pemigewasset'pond; Meredith (Calvert);
Franconia (Howe).
Vermont: Bennington (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Woburn (Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); West
Bridgewater: (Tower); Concord (Howe) ; Chester (Johnson); Brookline
(Shurtleff); Southbridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: (Hagen); Litchfield (Woodruff).
47. Cordulegaster obliquus (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 8: 15. 1839. Type locality: “Indiana.”
Uncommon, — open woods.
May 28 to July 7.
Maine: Bradley, Orono (Har-
vey); Manchester (Wadsworth).
Massachusetts : Andover (Selys) ;
Brookline (Hagen) ; Framingham
(Johnson) ; Southbridge (Bromley) .
Connecticut : (Hagen) .
Group 2
Gomphinae
Eyes not touching^(see Group 3).
Progomphus
Subcostal vein present.
Group 3
■'V.
s
Aeshninae
Eyes touching (see Aeshninae).
Group 5
Subcostal vein not present
(see Group 5).
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Subfamily: Gomphinae Rambur
Genus: Progomphus Selys
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Progomphus obscurus +
48. Progomphus obscurus * Rambur.
Ins. Nevr. 170. 1842. Type locality: “l’Amerique septentrionale.”
June 5 to August 9.
Very rare, — scrub oak uplands, rivers and lakes.
Massachusetts: Boston, (Hagen); Wareham (Bangs).
* = Gomphoides.
/
Group 6
HIND WZ/Vg.^
LOOP
Anal loop present.
Hagenius
triangles
PORE
WIN
Group 5
a
X
Group 7
t VMND Wl a/g rH
Anal loop not present .(see Group 7).
Ophiogomphus
HIND » ^ WING
Triangles with cross veins.
Triangles without cross veins.
Genus: Hagenius Selys
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Hagenius brevistylus ....+ + + +
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49. Hagenius brevistylus Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 82. 1854. Type locality: “Columbie” (proba-
bly error for District Columbia, U. S.).
Common, — swift mountain brooks,
and rivers, ponds and lakes.
June to September 3.
Maine: North East Carry, Greenfield,
Orono, Bradley (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth) .
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); Peterboro (Cabot);
Meredith Neck, Moultonboro (Howe).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock); Sutton (Hagen); Concord
(Howe); Winchendon (Morse).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Mashapaug (Bromley).
Genus: Ophiogomphus Selys
Me.
N. H.
Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Ophiogomphus anomalus . .
. +
mainensis . .
• +
+
carolus . . .
. +
colubrinus . .
. +
+
johannus . .
. +
+
+
rupinsulensis .
. +
+
+
aspersus . .
. +
+
+
50. Ophiogomphus anomalus Harvey
Ent. News 9: 60. 1898.
Very rare.
June 6-15.
Maine: Orono (Harvey).
Type locality: “Orono.”
51. Ophiogomphus mainensis
Packard.
Proc. ent. soc. Phila. 2: 255. 1863.
Type locality: “northern part of the
State of Maine.”
Very rare, — 1400 ft.
Maine : (Packard) .
New Hampshire: White Mts.
(Selys); Franconia (Slosson).
Side view of male abdominal
appendages, and thorax as seen
from above (both sexes).
Note: The drawing of the male appendages is made from the Hagen type in
the Museum of Comparative Zoology — they resemble very closely those of O. carolus.
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52. Ophiogomphus carolus Needh.
Can. ent. 29: 183. 1897. Type locality:
“Ithaca, N. Y”
Very rare, —
May to June.
Maine: Greenfield, Bradley, Orono (Harvey).
53. Ophiogomphus colubrinus Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 40. 1854. Type
locality: “Territoire de la baie d’ Hudson.”
Rare, —
Maine: Orono (Hagen).
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Banks).
54. Ophiogomphus johannus Needh.
Can. ent. 29: 182. 1897. Type locality:
“ Wilmurt, N. Y.”
Rare, — mountain brooks, and small
rivers.
May 27 to July 11.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey).
New Hampshire: Merrimac valley (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
55. Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis (Walsh).
Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila.; 388. 1862.
Type locality: Rock Island, Illinois.
Rare, — small streams, rapid rivers,
and windward shores of lakes.
August.
Maine: N. E. Carry, Russell Stream (Harvey); Eagle Lake
(M.C.Z.); (Uhler).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham).
Connecticut: New London (Osburn).
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56. Ophiogomphus aspersus Morse.
Psyche 7: 209. 1895. Type locality:
“northeastern U. S.”
Rare, — ledges, woodlands, brooks,
200-2200 ft. alt.
May 26 to August 29.
Maine: N. E. Carry, Russell Stream
(Harvey) .
New Hampshire: Intervale, Mt. Bartlett (Allen).
Massachusetts: Great Barrington (Johnson); Concord (Howe);
Wellesley (Morse).
Group 7
/ s
Gomphus Dromogomphus
Hind femora naked or with
short spines.
Four to seven long spines on
femora
(see Dromogomphus) .
Genus: Gomphus Leach
Me.
N. H.
Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
albistylus . .
. . . +
+
+
parvulus . .
. . . +
+
+
abbreviatus .
+
+
+
brevis . . .
. . . +
+
+
quadricolor
+
lividus . .
+
+
exilis . . .
. . . +
+
+
+ +
ventricosus
+
scudderi . .
. . . +
vastus . . .
+
+
fraternus . .
+
adelphus . .
+
notatus . .
+?
+ ?
spiniceps . .
+
borealis . .
+
•+?
spicatus . .
. . • +
+
+
+
furcifer . .
+
pallidus . .
+
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A. Triangle of fore wings distinctly shorter (f) than that of hind
wing (=Subgenus: Lanthus Needham. I can see no good reason for
recognizing Lanthus as a full genus).
a. Abdomen not over 31 mm. long.
57. Gomphus albistylus Hagen.
Bull. acad. Belg. 46: 460. 1878. Type
locality: “Le Maine.,,
Uncommon, — brooks, and small rivers. jHp
June 24 to August 1.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); Franconia (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New Canaan (Atwater).
58. Gomphus parvulus Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 56.1854. Type locality: “Nouvelle-Ecosse.”
Rare, — rivers.
May 26 to July 1.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Hagen); Franco-
nia (Slosson, Howe); Peterboro (Cabot).
Massachusetts: North Reading, East Walpole (Johnson).
B. Triangle of fore wing only slightly shorter (|) than that of hind
wing ( = Genus: Gomphus).
59. Gomphus abbreviatus Hagen.
Bull. acad. Belg. 46: 464. 1878. Type locality: “ Provincetown
(Massachusetts). . . .Orono (Maine).”
Uncommon, —
June 7 to July.
Maine: South ^Lagrange, Orono (Harvey);
M anchester ( W ad s worth) .
N ew Hamp shire : M anchester (Burnham ) .
Massachusetts: Provincetown (Hagen).
Connecticut: Winnipauk (Johnson).
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60. Gomphus brevis Hagen.
Bull. acad. Belg. 46: 462. 1878. Type locality: “Schoarie (Etat de
New-York). . .Port-Neuf (Canada).”
Uncommon, — brooks and rivers.
May 31 to July 8.
Maine: Orono; Bradley, South Lagrange
(Harvey) .
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
61. Gomphus exilis Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 55.1854. Type locality: “Etat-Unis.”
Common, — ponds, slow rivers, woodlands, and roads.
May 19 to August 8.
Maine: South Lagrange, Orono Bradley
(Harvey); Mt. Desert (Bullock); Manchester
(Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham);
Peterboro (Cabot); Meredith Neck, Moul-
tonboro, Franconia, Lisbon (Howe); Inter-
vale, North Conway (Allen); Peterboro (Cabot).
Massachusetts: Salem, Brookline, Natick, Sutton (Hagen); Wor-
cester (Hitchings) ; Concord (Howe) ; Newton, Tyngsboro, Framingham,
Rutland, North Reading (Johnson); Wareham (Bangs); Medfield,
Sherborn (Morse) ; Provincetown ( ? ) .
Rhode Island: Wickford (Johnson).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden); Litchfield (Woodruff); New
London (Osburn).
b. Abdomen between 32 and 38 mm. long.
62. Gomphus quadricolor Walsh.
Proc. ent. soc. Phila., 2: 246. 1863.
locality: Rock Island, Illinois.
Very rare, — gravelly, rocky rivers.
Massachusetts: Mt. Tom (Hagen).
63. Gomphus lividus Selys.*
Bull. acad. Belg., 21: 53. 1854. Type
locality: “Caroline du Sud.”
Uncommon, — brooks.
May 28 to July 7
* = sordidus Hagen.
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Massachusetts: Natick (Hagen).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New London (Osburn).
64. Gomphus ventricosus Walsh.
Proc. ent. soc. Phila., 2: 249. 1863. Type locality: Rock Island,
Illinois.
Very rare, — rivers.
June 14 to 16.
Massachusetts: (Selys); Great Barring-
ton (Johnson); Mt. Tom (M. C. Z.).
65. Gomphus vastus Walsh.
Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila , 391. 1862.
Type locality: Rock Island, Illinois.
Rare, — rivers and lakes.
July 13 to
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burn-
ham).
Massachusetts: Tyngsboro (Hagen).
66. Gomphus fraternus (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila., Ser. 1: 16.
1839. Type locality :“ U. S.”
Very rare, — rivers.
N ew Hampshire : * ‘ Probably ’ * (Hagen) .
67. Gomphus adelphus Selys.
Monog. gomph. 413. 1858. Type locality: “New
York”
Very rare, —
Massachusetts: Tyngsboro (Hagen).
68. Gomphus borealis Needham.
Bull. 47. N. Y. st. mus. 453. 1901. Type locality: “Saranac Inn”
N. Y., “Franconia, N. H.”
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Rare, —
May to June 21
New Hampshire: Fran-
conia (Slosson) ; Intervale
(Allen).
Massachusetts: ?Con-
COrd (Howe). Male appendages from
above
Note: Dorsal thoracic marking same as in following species.
69. Gomphus spicatus Hagen.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 54. 1854. Type locality: “New York.”
Common, about ponds, lakes.
May 15 to July 13
Maine: South Lagrange,
Oldtown, Orono (Harvey);
Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Franc-
onia (Slosson, Howe); Inter-
vale (Allen) ; Peterboro Male appendages
(Cabot) ; Pemigewasset pond fro™ above.
(Calvert).
Massachusetts: Natick (Hagen); Sherborn (Babcock); Concord
(Howe) ; Winchendon (Russell) ; Boston (Parshley) ; Bedford (Swett) ;
Southbridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
Note: Through the kindness of Dr. Calvert, I am able to give figures (side
view) of the male appendages of G. borealis, and comparative drawings of the
appendages of G. borealis (from above) andG. spicatus (from above). The drawings
were made by Dr. Calvert from material in the collection of the Academy of
Natural Science, Phila., Pa.
70. Gomphus furcifer Hagen.
Bull. acad. Belg. 46: 458. 1878. Type
locality: “Natick (Massachusetts). . . .Lans-
ing (Michigan).”
Rare, — open meadows, ponds, and
small lakes.
May 29 to July 28.
Massachusetts: Natick (Hagen); Southbridge (Bromley); Belmont
(Bullard); Tyngsboro (Blanchard); Lexington (Banks); Stockbridge
(Calvert); Concord (Howe).
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c. Abdomen between 38 and 44 mm. long.
71. Gomphus scudderi Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 35: 752. 1873.
locality: “Etats-Unis.”
Rare, — small, rapid rivers.
August 27-29.
Maine: North East Carry (Harvey).
72. Gomphus notatus Ramb.
Ins. Nevr. 162. 1842. Type locality: “sans
indication de patrie.”
Very rare, — large rivers.
Massachusetts: Crampton* (Hagen).
* There is no such town in Massachusetts. The locality intended is probably
Campton, N. H.
73. Gomphus pallidus Ramb.
Ins. Nevr. 163. 1842. Type locality:
1 1 F Amerique septentrionale . ’ ’
Rare, —
Massachusetts: Waltham (Hagen),
d. Abdomen over 46 mm. long.
74. Gomphus spiniceps (Walsh).
Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 389. 1862.
Type locality: Rock Island, Illinois.
Rare, — large rivers.
July
Massachusetts: Lawrence (Hagen); Concord (Howe).
Genus: Dromogomphus Selys
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Dromogomphus spinosus . . . + + + +
“Etat-Unis,
75. Dromogomphus spinosus Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. 21: 59. 1854. Type locality:
Georgie.”
Common, — about ponds, lakes, and rivers.
June 28 to September 1.
Maine: Orono, Oldtown (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester, Lake Winnipesaukee (Burnham)
Meredith Neck, Newfound Lake, Moultonboro (Howe) Sharon (Cush-
man); Squam Lake (Allen).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Concord (Howe); Fall
River (Easton); Brookline (M. C. Z.); Boston (Allen); Wareham
(Bangs); Worcester, Sherborn (Morse).
Connecticut: Litchfield, West Hartford (Woodruff); Mashapaug
(Bromley); New London (Osburn).
Subfamily: Aeshninae Rambur
Upper half of arculus not shorter Upper half of arculus shorter than
than lower. lower. (See Genus: Anas)
^</6A/ODAU "5
Subnodal (radial) vein unforked.
Subnodal (radial) vein forked.
(See Group 1)
'N
Three or more cubito-anal cross veins.
V ^
Two cubito-anal cross veins.
(See Genus: Gomphaeschna)
(To be continued)
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Additional Stations and Corrections
Pabt I
AgTion amatum
July 29 rivers
Agrion mquabile
May 10 rivers
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen); Pemigewasset pond (Calvert).
Vermont: Bennington (Johnson) ; Williamsville (Clench).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Frost); Southbridge( Bromley) ; Blue Hills (Clench);
Wollaston (M. C. Z.).
Agrion maculatum
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen); Franconia, Lisbon (Howe); Fitzwilliam
(Barnes).
Massachusetts: Southbridge (Bromley); Waltham, Belmont (M. C. Z.); Welles-
ley (Morse).
Connecticut: New Canaan (Atwater): New Haven (Osburn).
Hetaerina americana
Massachusetts: Southbridge (Bromley); Cambridge (M.C. Z.).
Lestes eurinus
June 5
New Hampshire: North Conway (Allen).
Massachusetts: Southbridge (Bromley); Wayland (Howe).
Lestes congener
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen).
Massachusetts: East Orleans (Parker); Brookline (Johnson); Woods Hole
(Calvert) .
Lestes unguiculatus
June 15
Maine: Machias (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen).
Massachusetts: West Peabody (Little); East Orleans (Parker); Woods Hole,
Nonamesset Island (Osburn) ; Barnstable, Dedham, Eastham, Fall River, Chatham,
Great Barrington (Johnson); Horse Neck Beach (Holt).
Rhode Island: Tiverton (Johnson); Bristol (Johnson).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert); New London (Osburn).
Lestes uncatus
May 30
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen).
Vermont: St. Albans (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Southbridge (Bromley).
Part II
Lestes disjunctus
June 21 to September 23
Maine: Machias (Johnson).
New Hampshire: North Conway, Intervale (Allen); Jackson (Skinner); Franconia,
Lyman, Lisbon (Howe).
Massachusetts: Provincetown, Martha’s Vineyard (Johnson); Southbridge
(Bromley) .
Lestes forcipatus
Massachusetts: strike out Woods Hole (U. S. N. M.)
Lestes rectangularis
June 20
New Hampshire: Intervale, North Conway (Allen).
Massachusetts: West Peabody (Little); East Orleans (Parker); Eastham,
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Martha’s Vineyard, Cheshire (Johnson); Southbridge (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Johnson).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert); New London (Osburn).
Lestes vigilax
May 28
New Hampshire: North Conway, Squam Lake (Allen); Meredith Neck (Howe).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Johnson); Southbridge (Bromley).
Rhode Island: strike out Meredith Neck (Calvert).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert).
Lestes inequalis
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen).
Massachusetts: Southbridge (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Johnson).
Argia moesta
June 16
Maine: Bowlin pond (?) ; strike out Pudding pond (Allen) .
New Hampshire: Squam Lake (Allen); Pudding pond, North Conway (Allen);
Fitzwilliam (Barnes).
Massachusetts: Brimfield (Bromley).
Argia violacea
sandy roads.
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen) ; Littleton (Howe); Fitzwilliam (Barnes).
Massachusetts: Plymouth (Johnson); Southbridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: New Canaan (Atwater); New London (Osburn); Sherborn (Morse).
Note: fifth line for Williamson read Calvert.
Enallagma durum
July 23
Massachusetts: Nantucket (Cushman).
Enallagma cyathigerum
June 25
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen) ; Pemigewasset pond (Calvert).
Massachusetts: Provincetown (Johnson); Cotuit (Peirson).
Enallagma hageni
May 30 to August 6
Maine: Machias, Calais, Princeton (Johnson); Bethel, Norway (M. C. Z.).
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen); Franconia, Lisbon, Littleton (Howe); No.
Conway (M. C. Z.).
Massachusetts: North Reading, Blue Hills (Johnson) ; Bedford (Swett); Franconia
(Howe); Wellesley (Morse); Cambridge, Norfolk Co. (M. C. Z.).
Enallagma calverti
May 19
Massachusetts: Auburndale (Johnson).
Rhode Island: Matoonoc (Simonds).
Enallagma ebrium
May 26
Maine: Princeton (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Franconia, Lyman (Howe).
Vermont: Burlington (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Mt. Greylock (Calvert); Brookline, Washington, Cheshire
(Johnson); Southbridge (Bromley); Wayland (Howe); Cambridge, Norfolk Co.
(M. C. Z.).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Johnson).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert) ; New London (Osburn) .
Enallagma traviatum
July 16
Massachusetts: strike out Hingham (Barnes).
Enallagma aspersum
July 21
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen).
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Massachusetts: Hingham (Barnes).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert) .
Enallagma doubledayi
June 29
Enallagma minusculum
June 27
M aine : Echo Lake, Mt. Desert (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Manomet, Eastham (Johnson).
Enallagma carunculatum
July 28
Massachusetts: Stockbridge Bowl (Calvert).
Enallagma civile
September 8
Massachusetts: West Peabody (Little); East Orleans (Parker); Nonamesset
Island, No Man’s Land (Osburn); Tuckemuck (Allen); Cohasset (Bryant); Fall
River (Cushman) ; Manomet, Eastham, Edgartown (Johnson) ; Southbridge (Brom-
ley); Natick, Nahant (M. C. Z.); West Chop, Provincetown (Morse).
Rhode Island: Matoonac (Simonds) ; Bristol (Parker).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert).
Enallagma divagans
June 8
New Hampshire: Pemigewasset pond (Calvert).
Massachusetts: North Reading (Johnson); Concord (Howe); Winchendon (Morse).
Connecticut: strike out Litchfield (Woodruff); Middletown (Johnson); New
Canaan (Atwater).
Enallagma geminatum
Massachusetts: Bedford (Swett); Auburndale (Johnson).
Enallagma exsulans
May 28 to August 27
Massachusetts: Rutland, Framingham (Johnson); Bedford (Swett); Concord
(Howe); Dover (Morse).
Rhode Island: Buttonwoods (Johnson).
Connecticut: Winnipauk (Johnson) ; New London (Osburn).
Enallagma signatum
June 17
Maine: Princeton (Johnson).
Vermont: St. Albans (Johnson).
Massachusetts: West Peabody (Little) ; Brookline (Johnson); Cambridge (M.C.Z.);
Cotuit (Peirson); Medfield (Morse).
Connecticut: Winnipauk, Middletown (Johnson).
Enallagma pollutum
June 8 to September 6
Massachusetts: West Peabody (Little); Brookline (Johnson); Bedford (Swett).
Nehalennia irene
May 28 to August 23
Maine: Machais, Naples, Calais, Princeton (Johnson); Wales (Frost).
New Hampshire: Intervale, North Conway (Alien); Franconia, Littleton (Howe).
Vermont: Burlington (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Framingham, Duxbury, Winchendon, Brookline (Johnson);
West Peabody (Little); Mt. Greylock (Calvert); Woods Hole (Osburn); Cambridge,
Natick (M. C.Z.); Cotuit (Peirson); Sherborn, Wellesley, Provincetown, Winchen-
don (Morse).
Rhode Island: Buttonwoods (Johnson).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert); New London (Osburn).
Amphiagrion saucium
June 19 to July 16
New Hampshire: Jaflfrey (Johnson); Intervale (Allen) ; Lyman (Howe).
Massachusetts: Wellesley, Sherborn (Morse).
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Rhode Island: Buttonwoods, Bristol (Johnson).
Connecticut: New Canaan (Atwater).
Chromagrion conditum
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen); Franconia (Howe).
Massachusetts: Duxbury (Johnson) ; Woods Hole (Osburn); Wellesley (Morse).
Ischnura verticalis
May 14
Maine: Ashland Junction, Calais, Princeton, Machias, Bradley (B. S. N. H.);
Portland (M. C.Z.); Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, So. West Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Intervale (Allen); Jackson (Skinner); Franconia, Littleton
Lisbon (Howe); No. Conway (M. C.Z.).
Massachusetts: North Reading, Framingham, Blue Hill, Groton, Dedham,
Gloucester, Duxbury, Auburndale, Manomet, Washington, Eastham, Edgartown,
Horse Neck Beach, Rutland (Johnson); West Peabody (Little); Stockbridge, Mt.
Grey lock (Calvert); Bedford (Swett); East Orleans (Parker); Tuckernuck (Allen);
Southbridge (Bromley); strike out Bradley (B. S. N. H.); Nahant, Cambridge (M.
C. Z.); Cotuit (Peirson).
Rhode Island: Tiverton, Washington (Johnson); Matoonoc (Simonds) ; Bristol
(Parker).
Connecticut: New London (Osburn).
Ischnura ramburii
July 20
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Osborn).
Ischnura posita
May 25 to September 6
New Hampshire: Exeter (Howe).
Massachusetts: Brookline, Dedham, Auburndale, Duxbury (Johnson); Framing-
ham (Frost); Woods Hole (Calvert); Natick (M.C. Z.); Winchendon (Morse).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Parker).
Connecticut: Middletown (Johnson); New Canaan (Atwater).
Anomalagrion hastatum
June 22 to August 20
Massachusetts: Wellesley (Morse); Woods Hole (Osburn); Dorchester (M. C. Z.);
Concord (Howe).
Rhode Island: Tiverton (Johnson).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert).
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Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History: II
Manual of Odonata of New England
By R. HEBER HOWE, Jr.
March 25, 1919.
Part IV
Note: The drawings are made in many cases from the illustrations in articles
by Drs. E. M. Walker, J. G. Needham, R. A. Muttkowski, C. H. Kennedy, and Mr.
E. B. Williamson, and are used here with permission. No distributional maps will
be given in the future parts as new stations are so frequently found that maps become
obsolete almost as soon as published.
Boyeria
.045 \LAR
SPAC£
Basilar space with cross veins.
Basiaeschna
...BASIL4* SPArr.
*
Basilar space without cross veins.
(See Basiaeschna.)
Genus: Boyeria MacLach.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Boyeria grafiana +
vinosa + + + + +
A. Body markings with yellowish-brown predominating, wings
smoky.
76. Boyeria vinosa (Say).
Jour. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 13. 1839. Type locality: “ Massa-
chusetts.’’
Uncommon, — brooks, rivers, lakes, — preferring shady places
or semicrepuscular.
June 19 to September 13.
Maine: No. East Carry, Greenfield, Orono, Wissattiquoik river
(Harvey); Mt. Desert (Bullock); Manchester (Wadsworth);
41
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck (Howe).
Vermont: Wolcott, Grand Isle (Morse); Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe); Cambridge (Hagen); Truro,
Sherborn (Morse); Chester (Johnson); Fall River (Holt); Wareham
(Bangs); Southbridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
B. Body markings with blue predominating, wings clear.
77. Boyeria grafiana Williamson.
Ent. News 18: 1. 1907. Type locality: “Ohio Pyle, Penna.”
One record, — July 5, 1899, — lakes.
Massachusetts: Cummington (Knab in U. S. N. M.)
Genus: Basiaeschna Selys.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Basiaeschna janata . . . . + + + + +
78. Basiaeschna janata (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 13. 1839. Type locality: “Massa-
chusetts.”
Common, — brooks, rivers, ponds, and lakes.
May 9 to July 18.
Maine: So. Lagrange, Orono, Bradley, Westbrook, Greenfield
(Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Hagen); Peterboro (Cabot); Mere-
dith Neck, Echo Lake, Franconia (Howe); Intervale, Squam Lake
(Allen).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton); Wolcott (Morse).
Massachusetts: Roxbury, Milton, Carver Woods (Hagen); Wor-
cester (Hitchings); Fall River (Holt); Concord (Howe); Wareham
(Bangs); Newtonville (Morse); Newton (Thaxter); Waltham (Bul-
lard); Southbridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New London (Osburn).
Genus: Gomphaeschna Selys.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Gomphaeschna furcillata + +
42
79. Gomphaeschna furcillata (Say)
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 13. 1839. Type locality: “Massa-
chusetts.”
Rare, — ponds, sphagnum bogs.
May 30 to July.
M aine : M anchester (Wadsworth) .
New Hampshire: Jaffrey (Johnson).
Vermont: Newport (Slosson).
Massachusetts: Manchester, Brookline, Milton, Sutton (Hagen);
No. Reading (Johnson); Concord (Howe); Sherborn (Babcock);
Princeton, Wollaston (Sprague).
Genus: Anax Leach.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Anax junius + + + + + +
longipes +
A. Hind wings more than 14 mm. wide. Frons above blue, yellow,
and black.
80. Anax junius (Drury).
111. Nat. Hist. 1: 112. 1770. Type locality: “New York.”
Common, — ponds, migratory
along coast.*
May 18 to October 13.
Maine: Orono (Harvey); Man- Frons from above.
Chester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); Amherst, Petersboro
(Cabot); Meredith, Franconia (Howe).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Boston, Cambridge, Springfield (Cabot); Mag-
nolia, Brookline, Milton (Hagen); Woods Hole, Cuttyhunk Island
(Calvert); Nantucket, Concord, Scituate (Howe); Fall River (Holt);
Blue Hills (Clench); No. Saugus (Webster); Provincetown (Benedict);
Wellesley (Morse); Manomet (Cushman); Framingham (Frost);
Newtonville (Thaxter); Wareham (Bangs); Minot (M. C. Z.); South-
bridge (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Middletown, Bristol (Howe); Block Island (Cal-
vert).
* See Osburn, Journ, N. Y. Ent. So?. 24: 90. 1916.
43
Connecticut: New London (Calvert); Litchfield (Woodruff);
Fairfield Co. (Benedict).
B. Hind wings less than 14 mm. wide. Frons above green.
81. Anax longipes Hagen.
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 118. 1861. Type
locality : “ Georgia.”
Rare, — ponds, migratory along
COast. Frons from above.
August 25.
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Hagen); Wareham (Bangs).
Group 1
Three to seven rows of cells between sub-
nodal and supplementary veins.
P P l_E HENTAf?)/ {/E/
One or Itvo rows of cells between the subnodal
and supplementary veins. (See Group 2.)
Genus: Aeshna Fabricius.
Me.
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I. Conn,
Aeshna canadensis
+
+
+
+
+
clepsydra
+
+
+
+
constricta
+
+
+
+
+
caerulea septentrionalis .
+
eremita
+
+
+
+
interrupta
+
+
+
juncea
+
mutata
+
tuberculifera ....
+
+
+
+
+
umbrosa
+
+
+
+
+
+
verticalis
+
+
+
+
+
+
A. Rear of head in part yellowish.
82. Aeshna umbrosa Walk.
Can. Ent. 40: 380, 390. 1908. Type locality: “De Grassi Point,
Ont.”
44
Common, — streams, ponds,
lakes, upland meadows.
May 6 to October 31.
Maine: Manchester, Augusta
(Wadsworth); Norway (Smith); Gor-
ham (?) : Millinocket, Bradley, Green-
field, Six Ponds (Harvey); Russell
Stream (Corry).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slos-
son, Howe); White Mts. (Sprague);
Hermit lake, Mt. Washington (Scud-
der); Center Harbor (?); Lake Sun-
apee, Meredith Neck, Peterboro, Lonesome Lake (Howe).
Female abdominal appendages from
below. Side, and view from above of
male abdominal appendages, and side
view of thoracic markings of both sexes.
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Boston, Cambridge (?); Amherst (Needham);
Wilbraham (Martin); Auburndale, Gay Head (?); Mt. Greylock,
Stockbridge (Calvert); Sherborn (Frost); Rutland (Johnson); Fall
River (Easton); Nonquitt (Baldwin); Belmont, Concord (Howe);
Wareham (Bangs); Waltham (Bullard); Southbridge (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Parker, Clark).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
B. Rear of head entirely black.
a. Black line across face.
I. Thoracic bands interrupted resulting in spots.
83. Aeshna interrupta Walk.
Can. Ent. 40: 381, 387. 1908. Type locality: “Nipigon, Ont.”
Rare, — ponds, lakes.
July 17 to September 15.
Maine: Portland (Jones).
Vermont (Frost).
Massachusetts: (Uhler); Mt. Grey-
lock (Calvert) ; Heath (Warden).
II. Thoracic bands not inter-
rupted.
1. First thoracic band bent forward at upper end into an
anterior spur.
84. Aeshna clepsydra Say.
Journ. acad. nat. soil Phila. 8: 12. 1839. Type locality: “Massa-
chusetts.”
45
Common, — ponds, lakes, rivers.
July 6 to October 9.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth);
Mt. Ktaadin, So. Lagrange, Greenfield,
Bradley, Orono (Harvey).
New Hampshire: Moultonboro
(Howe) ; Hermit Lake (Scudder) ;
Fabyan’s (Calvert) ; Manchester (Burn-
ham); No. Conway (Morse).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock); Brookline (ShurtlefT);
Provincetown (Benedict); Wilbraham (Hagen); Boston (Uhler);
Salem (True); Natick (Sanborn); Concord, Nantucket (Howe);
Sherborn (Morse); Wareham (Bangs).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New London (Osburn).
2. First thoracic band not bent forward at upper end into an
anterior spur.
* First thoracic band straight with borders nearly parallel ,
without posterior spur at upper end.
85. Aeshna juncea (Linn.).
Sys. Nat. 1: 544. 1758. Type locality: “Europa.”
Rare, —
August.
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Hagen,
Scudder); Franconia (Slosson).
** First thoracic band straight
with borders not parallel,
front border excavated , up-
per end with a detached
posterior spur.
86. Aeshna eremita Scudder.
Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist. 10: 215. 1866. Type locality: “White
Mts.,” Hermit Lake.
Rare, — ponds, lakes.
August 1 to October 1.
Maine: Six Ponds, Piscataquis
Co. (Harvey).
New Hampshire: Franconia
(Slosson) ; Hermit Lake, Mt. Wash-
ington (Scudder) ; Profile Lake,
Lonesome Lake, Moultonboro
(Howe); No. Conway (Holt);Tuck-
erman’s Ravine (Scudder)'.
46
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Fall River (Holt); Concord (Howe).
*** First thoracic band curved (sigmoid), slender , with
detached spots at both ends.
87. Aeshna caerulea septentrionalis Burm.
Handb.Ent. 2: 839. 1839. Type local-
ity: “Labrador.”
Rare, —
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Scudder,
Hagen).
b. No black line across face.
I. First thoracic band without posterior spur at upper end.
88. Aeshna mutata Hagen.
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 124. 1861.
Type locality : “North America.”
Rare, —
Massachusetts : Wilbraham
(Needham) .
II. First thoracic band with
posterior spur at upper
end.
1. First thoracic band with wide, blunt, posterior spur at
upper end.
89. Aeshna verticalis Hagen.
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 122. 1861. Type locality: “Washington,
New York.”
Common, — ponds, lakes, upland meadows, — migratory along
coast.
August 2 to October 2.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth);
West Beach (Hagen) ; Orono, Bradley
(Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth);
Islesboro (Dixon); Wells (Deane).
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck
(Howe); Manchester (Burnham).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
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Massachusetts: Beverly, Cambridge, Saugus, Sherborn (?);
Nahant (Moring); Salem (Lane); Walpole, Wollaston (Sprague);
Westboro (Needham); Kingston, Concord (Howe); Worcester (Hitch-
ings) ; Provincetown (Morse) ; Nonquitt (Baldwin) ; Magnolia
(M. C. Z.); Southbridge (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Middletown (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New London (Osburn)
2. First thoracic band with slender, acute posterior spur at
upper end.
* First thoracic band straight (stout), with borders nearly
'parallel.
90. Aeshna tuberculifera Walk.
Can. Ent. 40: 385, 387. 1908. Type locality: “Isleboro, Me.”
Uncommon, — ponds.
August 5 to September 22.
Maine: Islesboro (Dixon); Man-
chester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: North Conway
(Holt).
Massachusetts: Walpole (Spra-
gue) ; Essex Co. (Hagen) ; Province-
town (Benedict, Zabriskie); Hamp-
den, Westboro (Needham); Concord (Howe); Dedham, Rutland
(Johnson) .
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
** First thoracic band with borders not parallel.
f First thoracic band with front border only excavated.
91. Aeshna canadensis Walk.
Can. Ent. 40: 382. 1908. Type locality: "De Grassi Point, Ont.”
Common, — rivers, ponds, lakes, and meadowlands.
July 20 to September 26.
Maine: Bradley, Orono, Six Ponds,
Piscataqua Co. (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth) ; Norway (Smith) ; West
Beach (M. C. Z.).
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Shurt-
leff, Calvert); Franconia (Calvert); Fab-
yan’s (?); Moultonboro, Lyman, Meredith
Neck, Jackson (Howe) ; Fitzwilliam
48
(Barnes); Hermit Lake, Mt. Washington, Carter’s Notch, Intervale,
No. Conway (Allen).*
* See under A. eremita. Can. Ent. 51: 13. 1919.
Vermont: Newport (Slosson); Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: (Needham); Concord (Howe); Dedham, Boston
(Johnson); Mt. Greylock (Calvert); Wareham (Bangs); Beverly,
Nahant (M. C. Z.).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
ft First thoracic band with both borders excavated.
92. Aeshna constricta Say.
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 11. 1839. Type locality: “Indiana.”
Common, — ponds, rivers.
June 19 to October.
Maine: No. East Carry, Mt. Kineo,
Mt. Ktaadin, Orono, Fryeburg (Harvey);
Manchester ( W adsworth) .
New Hampshire: Hermit Lake, Fab-
yan’s (Calvert) ; Manchester (Burnham) ;
Intervale, Carter’s Notch (Allen).*
Vermont: Winooski (Davis); Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Boston (Cabot); Worcester (Hitchings); Auburn-
dale (Johnson) ; Concord (Howe) ; Fall River (Holt) ; Hampden (Need-
ham); Wellesley (Morse); Southbridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: (Hagen) ; Litchfield (Woodruff) ; New London (Osburn).
♦The mountain records quite likely refer to A. umbrosa, and were made before
the species was described.
Group 2.
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Nasiaeschna
^U0 NODA L
&
E N TAR Y~VgIAj
With one row of cells between subnodal and
supplementary veins.
Epiaeschna
■g^ppl_er1ENTA Ry
With two rows of cells between subnodal
and supplementary veins.
(See Epiaeschna).
Genus: Nasiaeschna Selys.
Nasiaeschna pentacantha
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
+
93. Nasiaeschna pentacantha (Ramb.).
Ins. Neur. 208. 1842. Type locality: “ Neuvelle-Orleans.”
Rare, — streams and lakes,- — one record.
July 9, 1916.
New Hampshire: Moultonboro (Howe).
Genus: Epiaeschna Hagan.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Epiaeschna heros + + + + +
94. Epiaeschna heros (Fabr.).
Ent. syst. suppl. 285. 1798. Type locality: “America boreali.”
Common, — ponds, lakes, uplands, — largely maritime.
May 25 to September.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth); Portland
(Cabot); York Beach (Burnham).
New Hampshire: Manchester, Hampton (Burnham).
Massachusetts: Manchester, Nahant, Milton (Hagen); Worcester
(Hitchings); Marthas Vineyard (Moore) ; Fall River (Holt); Brookline,
Concord, Hull (Howe); Boston (Johnson); Melrose Highlands
(Clemons); Cambridge (Henshaw); Essex Co., Andover (Hagen);
Waltham (Lathrop); Wollaston (Sprague); Southbridge (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Buttonwoods (Johnson).
Connecticut: Litchfield ? (Woodruff) ; New London (Osburn).
Family: Libellulidae Rambur.
/
Corduliinae
Libellulinae
.•lar^e'tu.bercle in Yhacrom’itm
Hind margin of eye bulged to
form tubercle.
of tubercle in
Libellulinae
Hind margin of eye not bulged to form tubercle.
(See Libellulinae)
Note: The above character can best be seen after removal of head.
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Macromiini
Corduliini
Triangle of hind wing beyond arculus.
x
Didymops
'OCC I PUT
Triangle of hind wing beneath arculus.
(See Corduliini.)
Macro mia
Vertex smaller than occiput. Vert exjarger than occiput. (See Macromia).
Tribe: Macromiini Needham.
Genus: Didymops Rambur.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Didymops transversa . . . . + + + + +
95. Didymops transversa (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 19. 1839. Type locality: “ Massa-
chusetts.’’
Common, — brooks, rivers, ponds, lakes.
May 13 to August.
Maine: Foxcroft, So. Lagrange, Rangeley, Orono (Harvey, Cabot);
Manchester (Wadsworth); Capens (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); Exeter, Meredith
Neck (Howe); Squam Lake, Jaffrey (Allen); Peterboro (Cabot).
Vermont: (Hagen).
Massachusetts: Salem, Woburn, Worcester (Cabot); Cambridge,
Stow, Milton (Hagen); West Bridgewater (Tower); Concord (Howe);
So. Natick, Sherborn (Morse); Boston, Rutland, Mt. Tom (Johnson);
Winchendon (Russell); Wollaston (Sprague); Wareham (Bangs);
Groton (Low); Waverley (Hagen); Nahant (M. C. Z.); Southbridge
(Bromley) .
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New London (Osburn).
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Genus : Macromia Rambur.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Macromia illinoiensis . . . . + + + +
96. Macromia illinoiensis Walsh.
Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 397. 1862. Type locality: Rock
Island, Illinois.
Uncommon, — larger streams, lakes, roads.
June 18 to August 16.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth).
Xew Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); Meredith Neck, Moul-
tonboro (Howe); Intervale, Squam Lake (Allen).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock); Worcester (Hitchings);
Woods Hole (Hagen); Westport (Howe); Wareham (Bangs).
Rhode Island: Tiverton (Howe).
Media 4 and Cubilus 1 divergent at
the margin of the forewing.
Neurocordulia
Media 4 and cubitus 1 convergent at the
margin of forewing. (See Group 2.)
Williamsonia
P
TRIANGLE
Triangle of forewing three celled. Triangle of forewing open. (See Williamsonia .
Genus : Neurocordulia Selys.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
+ + +
Neurocordulia obsoleta . .
yamaskanensis
+
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97. Neurocordulia obsoleta (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 28. 1839.
Type locality : “ Indiana and Massachusetts.”
Rare, — streams, lakes, crepuscular.
June 10 to August 30.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham);
Meredith Neck (Howe).
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen); South-
bridge (Bromley); No. Reading (Johnson).
98. Neurocordulia yamaskanensis
(Prov.).
Nat. canad. 7: 248. 1875. Type locality:
“St. Hyacinthe,” Quebec.
Very rare, — lakes, wholly crepuscular.
June.
Maine: Orono (Harvey).
Genus : Williamsonia Davis.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Williamsonia lintneri .... +
All abdominal segments ringed with yellow.
99. Williamsonia lintneri (Hagen).
Bull. acad. Belg. ser. 2, 45: 187. 1878. Type locality: “Centre,
N. Y.”
Rare, — ponds.
April 30 to June 1.
Massachusetts: Concord (Peirson, Howe); Dedham (Johnson);
Blue Hills (Clench); Sherborn (Smith).
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Group 2
Dorocordulia
Group 3
Triangle of forewings with cross veins.
(See Group 3).
Genus: Dorocordulia Needham.
Me. N. H. Vt. M
Dorocordulia lepida . . . . + +
libera . . . . + +
Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
+ +
+ +
100. Dorocordulia lepida (Hagen).
Bull. acad. Belg. 31: 264.1871. Type locality: “Massachusetts,”
— New York, Albany, — Maryland, — New Jersey.”
Uncommon, — ponds.
Maine: Greenfield, Orono, Bradley
(Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth);
Portland (Hagen).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); White Mts. (Morrison).
Massachusetts: Cambridge, Stow, Natick, Brookline (Hagen);
Sherborn (Babcock); West Bridgewater (Tower); Woods Hole (Kelli-
cott); Concord (Howe); Blue Hills (Johnson); Wareham (Bangs);
Waltham (Bullard); Magnolia, Brookline (Hagen); Newton (Hub-
bard).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Johnson).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Hammond’s pond (Hagen).*
* This locality is probably Brookline, Mass., where there is a well known pond
by this name.
101. Dorocordulia libera (Selys).
Bull. acad. Belg. 31: 236. 1871. Type locality: “Canada.”
May 22 to August 31.
Uncommon, — ponds, lakes.
June 8 to August.
Maine: Greenfield, Orono (Harvey);
M anchester ( W adsworth) .
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New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson); Moultonboro (Howe);
Jaffrey (Johnson); Peterboro (Cabot).
Massachusetts: Sutherland (Dwyer); Concord (Howe); West
Groton (Lahee) .
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Union (Bromley).
Group 3
Wings with brown markings at base,
nodus, and stigma.
Wings of E. princeps.
Group 4
Wings clear, or with brown
spot only at the base
(See Group 4) .
The above wings are of
Helocordulia uhleri.
Genus: Epicordulia Selys.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Epicordulia princeps . . . . + + + + + +
102. Epicordulia princeps (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 134. 1861. Type locality: “Pecos River,
Western Texas; Georgia; Maryland.”
Common,— ponds, lakes, uplands.
May 25 to August 27.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck, Moultonboro, Concord (Howe).
Massachusetts: Cambridge (Cabot); Natick, Sherborn (Babcock);
Worcester (Hitchings); Concord (Howe); Fall River (Holt); Cataumet
(Winsor); Wellesley (Morse); Webster (Bromley); Wareham (Bangs).
Rhode Island: Tiverton (Howe).
Connecticut: New Haven (Hagen); Litchfield (Woodruff); New
London (Osburn).
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Helocordulia
Group 4
Stigma diamond shaped.
Stigma almost rectangular.
(See Group 5).
Note: The form of the stigma is sometimes misleading, but an error made here
is quickly apparent in following out the characters for the following genera. A cross
vein in one of the forewings is sometimes absent, very rarely in both wings. The
brown spot at the base of all wings in such unusual cases will serve to distinguish the
species from the two foregoing species of Dorocordulia.
Genus: Helocordulia Needham.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Helocordulia uhleri ....+ + + +
103. Helocordulia uhleri (Selys).
Bull. acad. Belg. ser. 2. 31: 274. 1871. Type locality: “Randal,
Maine .... New Jersey.”
Uncommon, — ponds, rivers, upland
woodlands.
May 15 to July 12.
Maine: Orono (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth); Echo Lake, Mt. Desert Johnson).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Howe).
Massachusetts: Stow (Hagen); West Bridgewater (Tower); Con-
cord (Howe); Fall River (Holt); Amherst (B. S. N. H.).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
Somatochlora
Group 5
tW
Tu'o cubito-anal cross veins in
hind wings.
One cubito-anal cross vein in hind wings.
(See Group 6).
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Genus: Somatochlora Selys.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Somatochlora albicincta . . .
+
cingulata . . .
+
elongata
+
+
forcipata
+
+
franklini
+
kennedyi
+
+
+
linearis ....
+
minor ....
+
+
tenebrosa . . .
+
+
walshii ....
+
+
+
williamsoni
+
A. All segments of abdomen ringed with
white.
1. Abdomen under 32-
-34 mm. long.
104. Somatochlora albicincta
(Burm.).
Handb. ent. 2: 817. 1839. Type
locality: “Labrador.”
Uncommon, — ponds, lakes.
July 4 to August 11.
New Hampshire: Hermit Lake, Mt.
Washington (Scudder) ; Waterville
(Hagen) ; Carter Notch (Allen) ; Lone-
some Lake, Profile Lake (Howe).
2. Abdomen over 40-41 mm.
long.
Side view of male abdominal
appendages. Vulvar of female.
Male abdominal appendages from
above.
105. Somatochlora cingulata
(Selys).
Bull. acad. belg. 31: 302. 1871. Type
locality: “ Terre-Neuve.”
Rare, — lakes.
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Hagen);
Carter Notch (Allen).
B. Few or no segments of abdomen
ringed with white.
1. Abdomen over 40 mm. long.
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106. Somatochlora elongata
(Scudder).
Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist. 10: 218.
1866. Type locality: “White Mts.”
Uncommon, — lakes.
July 8 to August 12.
Maine: at sea off Scoodic point
(Harvey) ; Bradley (Harvey) .
New Hampshire: Fabyan’s, Her-
mit Lake, Mt. Washington (Scudder,
Calvert); Franconia (Slosson); Ply-
mouth (Hagen); Centre Harbor, Jackson (Howe); Bretton Woods
(Woodruff).
107. Somatochlora linearis
(Hagen).
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 137. 1861.
Type locality: “St. Louis.”
Very rare, — even doubtful.
July 27.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth).
108. Somatochlora williamsoni
Walker.
Can. Ent. 39: 69. 1907. Type
locality: “Toronto,” etc.
Very rare, — lakes.
July 17.
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck
(Howe).
2. Abdomen under 40 mm. long.
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109. Somatochlora forci-
pata (Scudder).
Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist. 10:
216. 1866. Type locality: “The
Glen, White Mts.”
Uncommon, — lakes, ponds.
May to August.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Har-
vey); Manchester* (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington (Slosson); The Glen, White
Mts. (Scudder); Profile Lake (Howe).
*A doubtful record.
110. Somatochlora kennedyi
Walker.
Can. Ent. 50: 371. 1918. Type
locality: “Orono, Me.”
Uncommon, — ponds, lakes,
uplands.
June 3 to July 16.
Maine: Orono (Harvey); Man-
chester (Wadsworth); Capens (John-
son).
New Hampshire: Boscaween (Howe).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe).
111. Somatochlora minor (Calv.).
Ent. News 9: 87. 1898. Type locality:
“Bradley, Maine; Franconia, N. H.”
Rare,
June 22 to July 8.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey).
N ew Hampshire : F ranconia (Slosson) .
Tip of superior appendages
usually less upcurved
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Rhode Island: Bristol? (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
112. Somatochlora walshii (Scudder).
Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist. 10 : 217. 1866. Type locality: “The
Glen, White Mts.”
Rare, — rivers.
June to September 15.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey);
Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: The Glen, White Mts. (Scudder).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe).
3. Abdomen variable 33-47 mm. long.
113. Somatochlora franklini
(Selys).*
Bull. acad. Belg. ser. 2. 45: 195. 1878.
Type locality: “Labrador.”
Very rare, —
June 18.
Maine: Chemo stream, Orono (Harvey).
* = Somatochlora septentrionalis (Hagen).
114. Somatochlora tenebrosa (Say).
Bull. acad. Belg. ser. 2. 31: 289. 1871.
Type locality: “Indiana.”
Uncommon, — brooks.
August 1 to September 8.
New Hampshire: Moat Mt., North
Conway (Calvert); Intervale (Allen).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe);
Southb ridge (Bromley) ; Wareham (Bangs).
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Group 6
/ —
Cordulia
First and second antecubital cells
of hind wings without dark marking.
Third abdominal segment con-
stricted.
\
Tetragoneuria
First and second antecubiial cells of
hind wings dark. Third abdominal
segment not or but little constricted.
(See Tetragoneuria.
Genus: Cordulia Leach.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Cordulia shurtleffi + + + +
115. Cordulia shurtleffi Scudder.
Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist. 10: 217. 1866. Type locality: “Hermit
Lake.” Mt. Washington, N. H.
Common, — ponds, lakes.
May 30 to August 1 1 .
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey).
New Hampshire: Hermit Lake, Mt.
Washington (Scudder, Calvert); Craw- The forked (side view) lower aP-
ford Notch (Slosson) ; Moultonboro, pendage in the male is diagnostic.
Echo Lake (Howe); Intervale (Allen);
Peterboro (Cabot).
Massachusetts: Concord, Wayland (Howe); Mt. Greylock (Cal-
vert) ; Framingham (Frost) .
Connecticut : Litchfield ( W oodruff ) .
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Genus: Tetragoneuria Hagen.
Me.
N. H.
Vt. Mass.
R. I. Conn.
Tetragoneuria canis . . .
+
+ .
costalis . . .
+?
cynosura . . .
+
+?
+
+
cynosura simulans
+
+
+
+
morio ....
+
+
spinigera . . .
+
+
+
+
A. Hind wings 24 to 31 mm. long. Rarely with brown T-spot
on top of frons clearly developed. Male abdominal appendages from
above widely divergent. Female abdominal appendages not exceeding
1.7 mm. long.
a. Brown of hind wing not reaching triangle.
116. Tetragoneuria cynosura (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 30. 1839. Type locality: “ Massa-
chusetts.’’
Common, — brooks, ponds, lakes, up-
lands.
May 3 to July 9.
Maine: Rangeley, Bradley, Orono (Harvey);
Manchester (Wadsworth); Andover (M. C. Z.).
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck (Howe).
Massachusetts: Everett, Wakefield, Boston
(Cabot) ; Stow, Brookline, Canton (Hagen) ;
Sherborn (Babcock); Worcester (Hitchings);
Rutland, Framingham, Auburndale (Johnson);
Concord (Howe) ; Fall River (Holt) Woods Hole
(Osburn); No. Saugus (Titus); Green Lodge, above of male abdominal
So. Natick, Wellesley (Morse); Wollaston (Spra- appendaJea!' JFemal<; vu|-
gue); Wareham (Bangs); Waverley (Hagen); ap'
Newton (Thaxter); South bridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New Canaan (Atwater);
Danbury (Johnson); New London (Osburn).
b. Brown of hind wings reaching to or including triangle.
117. Tetragoneuria cynosura simulans Mutt.
Bull. Wis. nat. hist. soc. 9: 196. 1911. Type locality: “Bluffton
Ind.”
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Uncommon, — ponds, lakes, brooks,
woodlands.
April to July 20.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Mt. Desert
(Bullock); Manchester (Wadsworth); Echo
Lake, Mt. Desert, Calais (Johnston); Andover (M. C. Z.).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); Meredith Neck, Moul-
tonboro (Howe) ; Fitzwilliam (Barnes) ; Jaffrey (Johnson) ; Squam
Lake (Allen); Peterboro (Cabot).
Massachusetts; Worcester (Hitchings); Martha’s Vineyard
(Moore); Concord (Howe); Blue Hills (Clench); Sherborn (Morse);
Southbridge (Bromley); Waltham (Bullard); Wareham (Bangs);
Framingham (Johnson); Brookline, Waverley (Hagen).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
Note: — T. c. semiquea Burin, of Dr. Calvert’s list is a southern species whose
range is restricted to the south. (See Dr. Muttkowski’s paper, Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist.
Soc. 9:91-134. 1911 and 13:49-61. 1915).
B. Hind wings 29 to 33 mm. long. Brown T-spot on top of frons
always clearly present. Male abdominal appendages from above
but slightly divergent.
a. Male superior appendages without ventral spine. Female ab-
dominal appendages over 1.7 mm., but under 2 mm. long.
118. Tetragoneuria morio Mutt.
Bull. Wis. nat. hist. soc. 9: 125. 1911. Type locality: “Solon
Springs, Douglas Co., Wis.”
Rare, — ponds, woodlands.
May 18 to June 29.
Maine : (Harvey) .
New Hampshire: Meredith Neck (Howe).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe); Boston,
Framingham (Johnson).
b. Male superior abdominal appendages
with ventral supine. Female abdominal append-
ages over 3 mm. long.
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119. Tetragoneuria spinigera (Selys).
Bull. acad. Belg. ser. 2. 31: 269. 1871. Type locality: “Canada.”
Uncommon, — ponds, lakes, woodlands.
May 19 to July 14.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burn-
ham); Peterboro (Cabot); Meredith Neck
(Howe); Squam Lake (Allen).
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Morse);
Concord (Howe); Groton (Low).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff).
C. Hind wings 30 to 32 mm. long. Brown T-spot on top of frons
never present.
b. Male superior abdominal appendages
Female abdominal appendages only 3 mm. long.
120. Tetragoneuria canis MacLach.
Ent. Mo. Mag. 23: 104. 1886. Type locality :
‘ ‘ W ashington T erritory . ’ ’
Very rare, — ponds.
June 18.
New Hampshire: Jaffrey (Johnson); Fran-
conia (Slosson).
121?. Tetragoneuria costalis Selys.
Bull. acad. Belg. ser. 2. 31: 273. 1871. Type locality: “Georgie
americaine.”
One record.
June 9, 1898.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth in U. S. N. M.).
Note: T. costalis is of doubtful status as a species, and the record of T. spinosa from
Franconia, N. H., of Dr. Calvert and most authors should be referred to T. canis (see
Dr. Muttkowski’s paper). T. spinosa is a southern species and very distinct.
with tubercle above.
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Additional Stations
Part I
Agrion amatum
June 8
Agrion aequabile
Vermont: Brandon, Leicester (Dutton).
Agrion maculatum
Vermont: Bristol (Dutton).
Massachusetts; Wareham (Bangs); Groton (Low).
Lestes congener
Massachusetts: Weston (M. C. Z.).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe).
Lestes eurinus
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Lestes unguiculatus
September 6
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Vermont: So. Hero, Grand Isle (Morse).
Lestes uncatus
Vermont: So. Hero (Morse).
Part II
Lestes disjunctus
Vermont: Woodstock (Morse).
Massachusetts: Wellesley (Morse).
Lestes rectangularis
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Lestes vigilax
Massachusetts: Lynnfield (Little).
Lestes inequalis
September 19
Massachusetts: Heath (Warden); Wareham (Bangs).
Argia moesta
Massachusetts: Wellesley (Morse).
Argia violacea
Massachusetts: Sherborn, Wellesley (Morse); West Peabody (Little).
Enallagma durum
June
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Enallagma calverti
May 12
Enallagma ebrium
Vermont: So. Hero, Woodstock (Morse): Bristol (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Wakefield (Atwater); Lynnfield (Little).
Enallagma traviatum
July 8
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Enallagma aspersus
September 6
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe).
Enallagma civile
September 22
Lynnfield (Little).
Enallagma pictum
July 8
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Enallagma geminatum
October 2
Enallagma signatum
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Enallagma pollutum
Massachusetts: Wakefield (Atwater).
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Nehalennia irene
Vermont: So. Hero, Woodstock (Morse).
Massachusetts: Wakefield (Atwater).
Amphiagrion saucium
July 29.
Vermont Bristol (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Chromagrion conditum
Vermont: Bristol (Dutton).
Ischnura verticalis
Vermont: So. Hero, Woodstock (Morse): Bristol (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Wakefield (Atwater); Wareham (Bangs).
Ischnura posita
September 18
Massachusetts: Wakefield (Atwater).
Anomalagrion hastatum
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Part III
Cordulegaster diastatops
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Connecticut: (Norton).
Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis
New Hampshire; Franconia (Slosson).
Ophiogomphus aspersu3
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Gomphus albistylus
Massachusetts: Wellesley (Morse).
Gomphus abbreviatus
New Hampshire; Franconia (Slosson).
Gomphus brevis
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Gomphus exilis
New Hampshire: Squam lake (Allen).
Vermont: Bristol (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Mt. Wachusett (Sprague).
Gomphus furcifer
Massachusetts: Bedford (Henshaw).
Gomphus spiniceps
June
Hagenius brevistylus
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Recapitulation of New England Aeschnidae and Libellulidae
(Cordulinae)
Me.
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I.
Conn.
3 17 7 11
2 1 5 10 1 1
2 12 1
131 1 115 1 2
1
3 12 6 11
a
1118 11
1119 111
1116 1
112 9 11
13 1
1 16 11
12 2 117 1 5=53
11 2 119 1 5=57
1 =17
1 1 1 2 113 1 4=55
1 11=9
2 1111 3=33
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Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History: II
Manual of the Odonata of New England
By R. HEBER HOWE, Jr.
Part V.
January 8, 1920.
Subfamily: Libellulinae Selys.
Group 1
Triangle of fore-wings typical, —
three sided.
Triangle of fore-wings atypical, —
four sided (See Nannothemis ) .
s
.mO
**.•:*.*]. ST * 6 ^ v/ ^
Sectors of the arculus in fore-wings contigu-
ous, but not completely fused beyond
the arculus.
Stigma with end veins not parallel. (See
Group 8-Tramea and Pantala
■>s
Sectors of arculus in fore-wings fused for
short distance (2-3 mm.) beyond
the arculus (See Group 6).
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Perithemis
Suht riangle (internal) of fore-wing Subtriangle (internal) of fore-wings open
with three to eleven cells. (See Perithemis) .
Male with no ventral hooks on
segment 1 of abdomen.
Male with pair of ventral hooks
on segment 1 of abdomen.
Female with tibia of third leg Female with tibia of third leg
longer than its femur. only as long as its femur
(See Plathemis).
Genus: Libellula Linne
Me.
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I.
Con
a auripennis . . .
+
+
+
cyanea ....
+
+
exusta ....
. . +
+
+
+
+
flavida ....
+
incesta ....
. . +
+
+
+
+
luctuosa . . .
+
+
+
+
pulchella . . .
. . +
+
+
+
+
+
quadrimaculata .
. . +
+
+
+
+
semifasciata . .
. . +
+
+
+
+
vibrans ....
+
+
A. Wings unspotted , suffused with gold , stigma orange.
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122. Libellula auripennis Burm.
Handb. ent. 2: 861. 1839. Type locality: “Savannah”.
Common, — ponds, lakes, — maritime.
July 4 to August 28.
Massachusetts : Provincetown
(Sanborn); Woods Hole, Cutty-
hunk (Calvert); Martha’s Vine-
yard (Moore); Nonamesset Island
(Osburn); South Orleans, Nan-
tucket (Howe); West Chop
(Morse) ; Wareham (Bangs) ; Bos-
ton (Morrison).
Rhode Island: Watch Hill,
Block Island (Calvert);
Middletown (Howe).
Connecticut: Niantic (Morse); Fairfield Co., (Benedict); New Lon-
don (Osburn).
B. Wings clear, stigma unicolored, black.
(female wings slightly clouded at tips).
123. Libellula incesta Hagen.
Syn. neur. 155. 1861. Type locality: “Carolina.”
Common, — ponds, lakes.
June 6 to September 17.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester
(Burnham); Meredith (Calvert).
Massachusetts: Saugus, Milton
(Hagen); Sherborn (Babcock); Wor-
cester (Hitchings); West Bridgewater
(Tower) ; Wellesley, Dover, Medfield (Morse) ; Concord, South Orleans
(Howe); Holland (Bromley); Wareham (Bangs); Sharon (Atwater);
Framingham (Warden); Bedford (Swett); Brookline (Minot); South-
bridge, Webster (Bromley); Woods Hole (Osburn).
Rhode Island: Washington (Johnson).
Connecticut : Danbury (Johnson) .
C. Wings with small dark streak at base, and wing tip brownish.
a. stigma unicolored, — black.
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124. Libellula vibrans Fabr.
Syst. ent. 424. 1775. Type locality: “America.”
Rare, —
July
M assachusetts : Woods
Hole (Kellicott, Benedict, Os-
burn); Fall River (Holt).
Connecticut : Sachem
Head (Calvert).
b. stigma, bicolored — black and yellow.
1. Proximal three fourths of stigma yellow.
Libellula flavida Ramb.
Neur. 58. 1842. Type locality: not given.
Rare, — ponds.
June 24 to An gust 7.
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe) ; Wareham (Bangs).
Note: The determination of the specimen from Concord recorded above was
made by Mr. Williamson. From the series of specimens from Wareham, Mass., col-
lected by Mr. O. Bangs and now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge,
Mass., Mr. Banks and I were able to select two males and three females larger than the
others, with four cells in the interior triangle (should be five) of the fore wings, and
with three fourths of the stigma yellow. These specimens represent flavida of Rambur
as distinguished by Dr. P. P. Calvert. The remaining smaller specimens, three males
and two females, have only the typical three cells in the internal triangle, and one half
the stigma yellow. It seems evident that flavida represents simply a variation in
cyanea, a variation that occurs in individuals, and one that is duplicated in extent in
many other species not recognized by name.
2. Proximal half of stigma yellow
125. Libellula cyanea Fabr.
Syst. ent. 424. 1775. Type locality:
“America.”
Uncommon, — ponds.
May 24 to September 4.
New Hampshire: Manchester
(Burnham) .
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Massachusetts: Beverley, Woburn, Cambridge, Natick, Milton
(Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); West Bridgewater (Tower); Woods
Hole (Kellicott); Fall River (Holt); Wellesley, Winchendon (Morse);
Concord (Howe); Southbridge (Bromley); Sharon (Atwater); Boston
(Parshley); Bedford (Swett); Winchendon (Russell); Groton (Low);
Sherborn (Babcock); Tyngsboro (M. C. Z.); Arlington (Bullard).
D. Wings with small dark spot at base, and wing tips clear.
Stigma unicolored, — black.
126. Libellula exusta Say.
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 29 1839. Type locality: “Mass-
achusetts.”
Common, — ponds, lakes.
May 19 to July 28.
Maine: Bradley, Westbrook (Har-
vey); Manchester (Wadsworth); Nor-
way (Hagen).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slos-
son, Howe); Manchester (Burnham);
Intervale, Squam Lake (Allen) ; Moultonboro, Meredith Neck (Howe) ;
Peterboro (Cabot).
Vermont: Brandon, Bristol (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Cambridge, Worcester, Sutton (Hagen, Hitchings);
Fall River (Holt); Blue Hills (Clench); Winchendon, Sherborn,
Wellesley (Morse); Webster (Bromley); Concord, Chatham, Belmont
(Howe) ; Framingham (Johnson, Frost) ; Winchendon (Russell) ;
Groton (Low); West Chop (Scudder); West Roxbury (Scudder);
Malden (Henshaw); Woods Hole (Osburn).
Rhode Island: Washington (Johnson).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden); Litchfield (Woodruff); New
London (Osburn).
Note: Libellula exusta var. julia (Uhler). Now recognized by Ris as a valid
variety, but until the New England status is better known its inclusion in this list
will be postponed. L. exusta is said never to have the thoracic dorsum pruinose but
all the basal segments so, while in the variety julia the dorsam of the thorax is entirely
pruinose, but only the first few basal segments of the abdomen. In exusta the black
basal marking on the hind wing includes at least a part of the triangle; in julia it
newer extends to it. Under this separation I have the following stations for julia :
Moultonboro, Franconia, and Meredith, N. H.; Brandon and Bristol, Vt.; Con-
cord, Winchendon, and Framingham, Mass.
E. Wings with large dark basal marking covering one third of wings.
127. Libellula luctuosa Burm.*
Handb. ent. 2: 861.1839. Type locality: “ Pennsylvanien.”
* = Libellula basalis of earlier writers.
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Uncommon, — ponds.
June 16 to September 6.
Vermont: Brandon, Leiscester
(Dutton) .
Massachusetts: Concord Brook-
line, Milton (Howe); West Peabody-
kittle); Stockb ridge (Calvert); Blue
Hills (Clench); Wellesley (Morse); Southbridge (Bromley); Bedford
(Swett); New Lenox, Mt. Tom (Johnson); Brookline (Maxcy); Woods
Hole (Osburn).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Atwater); Bristol (Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Fairfield Co. (Benedict); New
London (Osburn).
F. Wings with black triangular spot at base , and dot at nodus.
Front margin suffused with yellow.
128. Libellula quadrimaculata Linn.
Syst. nat. 1: 543. 1778. Type
locality: “Europa.”
May 19 to August 15.
Maine: Rangeley, Orono, Bradley
(Harvey) ; Mt. Desert (Bullock) ; Man-
chester (Wadsworth); So. West Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson, Howe); Manchester (Burn-
ham); Meredith Neck, Moultonboro, Lisbon, Lyman, Centre Harbor
(Howe); Intervale (Allen); Jaffrey (Johnson).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Stow (Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); Concord
(Howe); Green Lodge, Woods Hole (Morse, Osburn); Brookline,
Manomet (Johnson) ; Framingham (Frost); Wareham (Bangs); South-
bridge (Bromley).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert); New Canaan (Atwater);
New London (Osburn).
G. Wings with a dark streak at base , a dark spot at nodus , and a
dark band across the tip. Front margin suffused with yellow.
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Common, — ponds, lakes
129. Libellula semifasciata Burm.
Handb. ent. 2: 862. 1839. Type locality: “Nord-Amerika.”
Uncommon, — ponds.
June 2 to August 16.
Maine: Orono, Bradley, Greenfield
(Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth);
Kennebunkport (Woodruff).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burn-
ham).
Massachusetts: Manchester, Cambridge, Stow (Hagen); Woods
Hole (Calvert Osburn); Fall River (Holt); Blue Hills (Clench);
Concord, Chatham (Howe); Provincetown (Benedict); Dedham, Dover,
Green Lodge (Morse); Brookline (Johnson); Martha’s Vineyard
(Cushman); Wareham (Bangs); Groton (Low); Wollaston (Sprague).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe); Buttonwoods (Johnson).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert); Darien (Johnson); New
London (Osburn).
H. Wings with three large dark hands at base, nodus , and near tip ,
in male with milk white spots between.
Note: The females are apt to be confused with the following species, but the
wings in this species are over 41 mm. long, in the next under 33.5 mm. long.
130. Libellula pulchella Drury.
111. nat. hist. 1: 115. 1770.
Type locality: “New York.”
Common, — ponds, lakes,
and meadow lands.
June 5 to September 8.
Maine : Orono, Bradley, Au-
burn, Fryeburg, Westbrook
(Harvey); Andover, Brunswick (Hagen); Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson); Manchester (Burnham);
Centre Harbor, Meredith Neck, Moultonboro, Lisbon, Lyman (Howe);
Intervale (Allen); Jaffrey (Johnson).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); Woods
Hole, Cutty hunk, Stockbridge (Calvert); Nantucket, Concord, Brook-
line, Belmont, Chatham, Orleans, Brewster (Howe) ; Blue Hills (Clench) ;
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Fall River (Holt); No. Saugus (Titus); Wellesley, Sherborn (Morse);
Southbridge (Bromley); Framingham (Warden); Heath (Parker);
New Lenox (Johnson); Wareham (Bangs); Wakefield (Atwater);
Cambridge (Osterberg); Arlington, Waltham (Bullard); Wollaston
(Sprague); Beverley (Burgess); Forest Hills (Henshcw); Woods Hole
(Osburn).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Block Island (Calvert);
Tiverton, Middletown (Howe) ; Bristol (Parker, Clark, Howe) ;
Wickford (Atwater).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Watertown, Burchard’s Pond,
Fairfield Co. (Benedict); Stanford (Morse); Lyme (Brown); Danbury
(Johnson); New London (Osburn); Union (Bromley).
Genus: Plathemis Hagen.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Plathemis lydia + ++ + + +
131. Plathemis lydia (Drury).
111. nat. hist. 1: 112. 1770. Type
locality: “Virginia.”
Common, — brooks, streams,
rivers, ponds, lakes.
May 27 to September 19.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Har-
vey); Manchester (Wadsworth); Mt. Desert (Bullock); Bar Harbor
(Johnson); Brunswick, Bethel (M. C. Z.).
New Hampshire: Centre Harbor (Howe); Intervale, Squam Lake
(Allen); Franconia (Slosson); Manchester (Burnham).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Cambridge (Ha-
gen, Atwater); Worcester (Hitchings);
Woods Hole, Stockbridge (Calvert);
Hingham (Barnes); Cuttyhunk (Uf-
ford); Concord, Brookline, Chatham
(Howe); Blue Hills (Clench); No.
Saugus (Titus); Southbridge (Brom-
ley); Fall River (Holt); Framingham
(Warden); Brookline (Johnson); Ware- Wings of female,
ham (Bangs) ; Groton (Low) ; Andover (Scudder) ; Woods Hole
(Osburn); Great Barrington (Johnson).
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Rhode Island: Bristol, Middletown, Tiverton (Howe); Block
Island (Calvert); Wickford (Atwater).
Connecticut: Hartford (?); Litchfield (Woodruff); New Canaan
(Atwater); No. Guilford (Howe); Darien, Watertown, Burchard’s
Pond, Fairfield Co. (Benedict); Union (Bromley); New London
(Osburn) .
Genus : Perithemis Hagen.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Perithemis domitia tenera. . . + + +
132. Perithemis domitia tenera (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8:
31. 1839. Type locality: “ Indiana,
Pennsylvania, and Massachu-
setts.”
Uncommon,— ponds.
June 12 to September 5.
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen); Sherborn (Morse, Babcock);
Worcester (Hitchings); Fall River (Holt); West Peabody (Little);
Concord, Cambridge, South Orleans (Howe); Blue Hills (Clench);
Waltham, Wellesley (Morse); Southbridge (Bromley); Sharon, Fall
River (Atwater); Bridgewater (Cushman); Swansea (Easton); Bed-
ford (Swett); Brooklihe (Johnson); Sherborn (Smith); Natick (Strat-
ton): Wareham (Bangs); Holland (Bromley); Woods Hole (Osburn).
Rhode Island : Providence (Davis) ; Wickford (Atwater) ; Button-
woods (Johnson).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Bethlehem, Darien, Bur-
chard’s Pond, Fairfield Co. (Benedict); New London (Osburn).
Wings of male Wings of
(orange) . female.
Genus : Nannothemis Brauer.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Nannothemis bella + + + +
133. Nannothemis bella (Uhler.).
Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 87. 1857. Type locality: “Baltimore.”
Uncommon, — bogs, ponds.
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June 17 to July 29.
Maine: Mt. Desert (Bullock); Manchester (Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham); West Swansea (?);
No. Conway (Allen); Lyman (Howe).
Massachusetts: Wellesley, Dedham (Morse); (Acad. Nat. Sci.,
Phila.); Fall River (Holt); Wareham (Bangs); Brewster (Howe);
Bridgewater (Cushman); Brookline (Bowditch); Newtonville (Thaxter).
Connecticut : (Hagen) .
Group 5.
Group 6
Group 7
Vein of cubitus 1 arising from the outer side
of the triangle in the hind wing.
Vein of cubitus 1 arising from the bottom
of the triangle in the hind wing.
(See Group 7).
With two or more cross veins
under stigma.
With one or no cross vein under stigma.
(Sec Pachydiplax) .
Erythrodiplax
WDM2
Two or more rows of cells between the radial
sector and the media 2 veins.
\
Erythemis
»e oia 2
cto*
One row of cells between the radial
sector and the media 2 veins.
Genus : Erythrodiplax Brauer.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
+ + +
Erythrodiplax berenice
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134. Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury).
111. nat. hist. 1: 114. 1770. Type locality: “Virginia, New York,
and Maryland.”
Common, — maritime salt marshes.
June 21 to August 14.
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen); Woods Hole (Calvert, Osburn);
Cataumet (Winsor) ; Nantucket, Chatham, South Chatham, Cotuit
(Howe) ; Hingham (Barnes) ; Fall River (Holt) ; So. Dartmouth (Hunt) ;
Faneuil (Morse); Horse Neck Beach, Edgartown, Boston, Eastham
(Johnson); Wareham (Bangs); Chelsea Beach (M. C. Z.); Wollaston
(Sprague); Revere (M. C. Z.).
Rhode Island : Barrington (Easton) .
Connecticut : Niantic, Stamford (Morse) ; Sachem Head (Calvert) ;
Rowayton (Johnson); Burchard’s Pond, Butler’s Island, Darien,
Fairfield Co. (Benedict); New London (Osburn).
Genus : Erythemis Hagen.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Erythemis simplicicollis ... + + + +
135. Erythemis simplicicollis (Say).
Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phila. 8: 28. 1839. Type locality: “Indiana
and Massachusetts.”
Common, — ponds and rivers.
June 27 to September 6.
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham).
Massachusetts: Natick (Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); Braintree
(Sprague); Woods Hole, Cutty hunk (Calvert); Concord, Nantucket
(Howe); West Peabody (Little) ; Fall River (Holt); Wellesley (Morse) ;
Provincetown (U. S. N. M., Morse); Framingham (Warden); Bedford
(Swett); Forest Hills (Henshaw); Eastham, Auburndale (Johnson);
Wareham (Bangs); Newton, Tuckernuck Island (M. C. Z.); Malden
(Sprague); Brookline (Scudder); Woods Hole (Osburn); Braintree
(Sprague).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe); Block Island (Calvert).
Connecticut: Darien, Burchard’s Pond, Fairfield Co. (Benedict);
Sachem Head (Calvert); Bethlehem (Johnson); New London (Osburn).
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Genus : Pachydiplax Brauer.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Pachydiplax longipennis ... + + +
136. Pachydiplax longipennis (Burm.).
Handb. ent. 2: 850.1839. Type locality: “Mexico.”
Common, — ponds and rivers.
June 7 to September 9.
Massachusetts: Natick (Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); West
Bridgewater (Tower); Fall River (Holt); West Peabody (Little);
Concord, Orleans (Howe); Provincetown, Woods Hole (Benedict,
Osburn); Blue Hills, Wellesley (Morse); Sharon (Atwater); Bedford
(Swett); Martha’s Vineyard (Cushman) ; Wareham (Bangs); Newton
(M. C. Z.); Wollaston (Sprague); Boston (Allen).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Block Island (Allen, Calvert).
Connecticut; Sachem Head (Calvert); Fairfield Co. (Benedict);
Darien (Johnson).
Group 7
Wings clear or faintly suffused
with yellow
Wings dark spoiled (See Cehthe*
ml*).
Sympetrum
N
Leucorrhinia
Stigma thrice as long as wide.
Stigma twice as long as wide.
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Genus: Sympetrum Newman.
Me.
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I.
Conn*
Sympetrum ambiguum
+
costiferum
• • +
+
+
+
+
obtrusum . .
• • +
+
+
+
rubicundulum
• • +
+
+
+
+
+
scoticum . .
+
semicinctum .
. • +
+
+
+
+
+
vicinum . .
. • +
+
+
+
+
A. Legs black.
a. Wings clear.
1. Wings over 25 mm. long.
137. Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say).
Journ.
acad. nat.
sci. Phila. 8 :
26. 1839.
Type local-
ity: “Indi-
ana and
Massachusetts.’
lamina.
Side view.
Side view.
Abundant, — ponds, lakes.
June 9 to October 9.
Maine: No. West Carry, Mt. Kineo, Rangeley, So. Lagrange,
Greenfield, Bradley, Orono, Fryeburg (Harvey); Manchester (Wads-
worth); York Harbor (Moore); Echo Lake, Mt. Desert (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington, Hermit Lake, Fabyan’s, North
Conway (Hagen, Calvert); Franconia (Slosson); Manchester (Burn-
ham); Meredith Neck, Centre Harbor, Moultonboro, Profile Lake,
Lisbon, Lyman (Howe); Intervale, North Conway (Allen); Kingston
(Morse); Bethel em (Uhler).
Vermont: Newport (Morse); Brandon, Leicester (Dutton); So.
Hero (Morse) ; Rutland (Johnson)
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Woods Hole, Cuttyhunk,
Mt. Greylock (Calvert); Nantucket (Cockerell, Howe); Concord,
(Howe); Kingston (Warden); Hingham (Barnes); West Peabody,
Lynnfield (Little) ; Orleans (Parker) ; Fall River (Holt) ; Cotuit (Peir-
son) ; Melrose, Highlands (Clemens) ; Provincetown (Morse, Benedict) ;
No. Saugus (Gowdy); West Chop, Dover, Sherborn, Wellesley (Morse);
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Southbridge (Bromley); Nonquitt (Baldwin); Sharon, Wakefield (At-
water); Framingham (Warden); Edgartown, Auburndale (Johnson);
Bridgewater (Cushman); Winchendon (B. S. N. H.); New Bedford
(Holcomb); Wareham (Bangs); Natick (M. C. Z.); Brookline
(Henshaw); Woods Hole (Osburn).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Block Island (Calvert);
Bristol, Middletown (Howe); Wickford (Atwater); Bristol (Clark).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); New Canaan (Atwater);
Sachem Head (Calvert) ; Bethlehem (Benedict) ; Stamford, Deep
River, Canaan (Morse); Union (Bromley); New London (Osburn);
Lakeville (Calvert).
138. Sympetrum obtrusum (Hagen).
Stett. ent.
zeit. 28: 95.
1867. Type
locality ^‘Chi-
cago.”
Uncommon, — ponds, lakes.
July 3 to October 5.
Maine: King & Bartlett (Laurent); Fryeburg (Harvey); York
Harbor (Moore); Mt. Katahdin (U. S. N. M.).
New Hampshire: Fabyan’s (Calvert); Meredith Neck, Centre
Harbor, Lisbon (Howe); Intervale, North Conway (Allen); Franconia
(Slosson) .
Massachusetts: Concord, Chatham (Howe); West Peabody
(Little); Nonquitt (Baldwin); (Hagen).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe).
2. Wings under 23 mm. long
139. Sympetrum scoticum (Donovan).
Brit. ins. 16: 523.
1811. Type locality:
“bogs of Scotland."
One record, —
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson).
b. Wings with basal half yellow, palest next the body.
1. Wings over 25 mm. long.
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140. Sympetrum semicinctum (Say).
Journ.
acad.nat.sci. \ .
Phila . 27.
1839. Type j, /
locality: “In-
diana and Massachusetts.”
Common, — brooks, ponds.
July 25 to October 5.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth);
York Harbor (Moore); Ashland Junction (Johnson).
New Hampshire: White Mts. (Hagen); Franconia (Slosson, Howe);
Manchester (Burnham); Intervale (Allen); North Conway (Holt,
Morse); Fabyan’s (Calvert); Lyman (Howe).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); Fall
River (Holt); Concord (Howe); Sherborn, Wellesley (Morse); South-
bridge (Bromley); Sherborn (Smith); Manomet (Cushman); Framing-
ham (Warden); Wareham (Bangs); Lynnfield (Little); Minot, Saugus
(M. C. Z.).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Atwater)
Connecticut: Montville, No. Haven (Morse); New London (Osborn),
c. Wings with front margin yellow, 27 mm. long.
141. Sympetrum cos
Syn. Neur.
No.Amer. 175. (1 11
1861. Typelo- H~^}J
cality: “Mass- 1 ^ || / /
ach u s e t ts ;
New York.”
Common, — ponds, lakes and lagoons.
July 12 to October 7.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey); Manchester (Wadsworth);
York Harbor (Moore); Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson, Howe); Intervale, North
Conway (Allen) ; Whitefield (Howe) .
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings); Fall River, Pocasset,
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Manomet (Holt); Cuttyhunk (Ufford); Nonamesset Island (Osburn);
Provincetown (Benedict); Concord, Nantucket (Howe); Sharon, Fall
River (Atwater); Bridgewater, Martha’s Vineyard (Cushman); New
Bedford (Holcomb); Wareham (Bangs); Lynnfield, West Peabody
(Little); Tuckerman Island (M. C. Z.); Wellfleet (M. C. Z.); Brook-
line (Bowditch); Woods Hole (Calvert).
Rhode Island: Weekopaug (U. S. N. M.); Tiverton (Easton);
Watch Hill, Block Island (Calvert) .
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Bethlehem (Benedict); New
London (Osburn).
a. Wings 21-26 mm. long.
142. Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 175. 1861. Type locality: “Bergen Hill,
New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Washington.”
Common, — brooks, ponds, lakes.
(June 24) August to November 8.
Maine: Or
Works (Har
vey) ; Man-
chester (Wadsworth); Brunswick (Hagen); York Harbor (Moore); Mt.
Katahdin (U. S. N. M.).
New Hampshire: Franconia (Slosson); Fabyan’s (Calvert); Mere-
dith Neck, Jackson, Little Lake Sunapee (Howe); Intervale (Allen);
Kingston (Morse); Manchester (Burnham).
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen); Fall River, Westport (Holt);
West Peabody (Little); Hingham (Barnes); Blue Hills (Clench);
Brookline (Galbraith); Woods Hole (Benedict); Sherborn, Wellesley
(Morse); Framingham (Warden); Concord, Chatham (Howe);
Sharon (Atwater) ; Rutland (Johnson) ; Bridgewater (Cushman) ;
Manomet (Brooks); Wareham (Bangs); Cambridge (Atwater); Natick
(M. C. Z.); Arlington (Bullard); Provincetown, Nantucket (Calvert).
Rhode Island: Providence (Davis); Wickford (Atwater); Bristol
(Howe).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Bethlehem (Benedict); New
London (Osburn).
b. Wings over 25 mm. long.
B. Legs greenish yellow.
ono, Bradley
Fry eb ur g
Ktaadn Iror
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143. Sympetrum ambiguum (Ramb.)*
Ins. Neur. 106. 1812. Type locality: not given.
One record, —
June 20, 1821.
Massachusetts: Milton (Hagen)
Genus: Leucorrhinia Brittinger.
Me.
N. H.
Vt.
Mass.
R. I. Conn.
ia frigida . . .
+
+
+
+
+
glacialis . . .
• +
+
+
hudsonica . . .
• +
+
+
intacta ....
+
+
+
+
+ +
proxima ...
• +
+
+
A. Male with yellow triangular spot on 7th. segment of abdo-
men in adults.
a. d71 with abdominal segments 1+-6 black, in both sexes stigma
dark brown.
1. Under lip black with sides white.
144. Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen).
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 179.
1869. Type locality: “Wis-
consin; Chicago; Ohio; Mass-
achusetts.’ ’
Common, — brooks,
ponds, lakes.
Male abdominal appen- Male genital hamule.
dages. Side view. Side view.
May 17 to August 3.
Maine: Orono, Bradley, Westbrook (Harvey) ; Manchester (Wads-
worth); So. West Harbor (Johnson); Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington (Slosson); Franconia (Slosson,
Howe); Manchester (Burnham); Meredith Neck, Moultonboro,
Franconia, Lyman, Center Harbor (Howe); Intervale (Allen); Peter -
boro (Cabot); Meredith (Calvert).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: (Hagen); Nantucket, Concord, Belmont, Chatham
(Howe); Fall River (Holt); Mt. Greylock, Stockbridge (Calvert);
Cotuit (Pierson) ; Woods Hole (Benedict, Osburn) ; Melrose Highlands
(Clemens); Green Lodge, Sherborn, Natick, Winchendon (Morse);
Southbridge (Bromley); Framingham (Warden, Frost); North Reading,
Dedham (Johnson); Wareham (Bangs); Newtonville (Thaxter);
Natick, Tyngsboro, Provincetown, Magnolia (M. C. Z.); Boston,
Revere (Scudder); Belmont (Bullard); Wollaston (Sprague).
* Given in recent lists as S. albifrons.
83
Rhode Island: Bristol (Johnson, Howe); Wickford (Johnson).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff); Sachem Head (Calvert);
Darien (Johnson); New London (Osburn).
b. c? with abdominal segments 4-7 with wedge shape red spots , in
both sexes stigma didl red.
145. Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys).
Rev. odon. Eur. 53. 1850. Type locality: “Le nouveau Brunswick,
pres de la Baie d’Hudson.”
Rare, — bog margined ponds and lakes.
May 30 to July 15.
Maine: Oldtown, Orono
(Harvey); Capens (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Mt. Wash-
ington, Franconia (Slosson).
Massachusetts: (Hagen); Winchendon (Russell).
B. Male with segments 4-10 black.
a. Under lip entirely black.
1. Abdomen slender , 23-25 mm. long.
146. Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen.
Trans. Amer. ent. soc. 17 :
234. 1890. Type locality:
“ Massachusetts.”
Common, — ponds,
lakes.
May 19 to August 14.
Maine: Orono, Bradley (Harvey); Echo Lake, Mt. Desert (John-
son); Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington, Franconia, Crawford Notch
(Slosson); White Mts. (Hagen); North Conway (Allen); Lonesome
Lake, Lincoln, Moultonboro (Howe); Meredith (Calvert).
Massachusetts: (Hagen); Concord (Howe); Sharon (Atwater).
2. Abdomen spatvlate, 20-21 mm. long.
147. Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen.
Trans. Amer. ent. soc.
17:231.1890. Type local-
ity: “Massachusetts; n.
Red River, British Am-
erica; Ontario; Dakota.”
84
Common, — ponds, lakes.
June 7 to August 9.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Mr. Desert (Bullock); Echo Lake, Mt.
Desert (Johnson); Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire : Mt. Washington; Franconia (Slosson); Moulton-
boro (Howe); North Conway (Allen); Meredith (Calvert).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Babcock); Concord (Howe); Wareham
(Bangs) ; Sharon (Atwater) ; Hyannisport, Mt. Everett, Guilder’s
Pond (Johnson).
Connecticut: Litchfield (Woodruff),
b. Under lip black, with sides white.
148. Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert.
Trans. Amer. ent. soc. 17: 232. 1890. Type locality: “Manchester,
Kennebec Co., Maine. . . .Pictou, Nova Scotia.”
Rare, — bog margined ponds and lakes.
June 2 to July 24.
Maine : Oldtown, Orono
(Harvey); Manchester (Wads-
worth); Bar Harbor (John-
son).
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington, Franconia (Slosson); White
Mts. (Hagen).
Massachusetts: Worcester (Hitchings).
Genus : Celithemis Hagen.
Me.
N. H. Vt. Mass.
R. I. Conn.
Celithemis elisa
. +
+ +
+ +
eponina ....
+
+ +
monomelaena . .
+
+
ornata . . . .
+
+ +
A. Wings spotted with brown from base to tip.
r
8>
a. Wings more or less suffused with yellow.
1. Wings under 27.5 mm. long.
149. Celithemis elisa Hagen.
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 182. 1861. Type locality: “Bergen Hill,
New Jersey; Chicago; New York.”
Common, — brooks, ponds.
May 19 to August 21.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Mercer (Davis);
Manchester (Wadsworth); Mt. Desert (Bul-
lock); Kennebunkport (?).
New Hampshire: Derry (Burnham); Moultonboro (Howe).
Massachusetts: Concord (A. N. S., Phila., Howe); Cambridge,
Natick (Hagen); Worcester (Hitchings); Woods Hole (Calvert, Osburn);
Cuttyhunk (Ufford); Blue Hills (Clench); Tyngsboro (Howe);
Provincetown (Morse, Benedict); Dover, Sherborn, West Chop (Morse);
Webster (Bromley); Fall River (Holt); South Orleans, Brewrster
(Howe); Southbridge (Bromley); Woods Hole (Cushman); Hyannis-
port, Edgartowm (Johnson) ; Framingham (Warden); Sharon (Atwater) ;
Sherborn (Smith); Wareham (Bangs); Natick (M. C. Z.); Wollaston,
Milton (Sprague).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Parker, Howe); Buttonwoods (Johnson).
Connecticut; Sachem Head (Calvert); Litchfield, New Hartford
(Woodruff); Bethlehem, Burchard’s Pond, Fairfield Co. (Benedict);
New London (Osburn).
2. Wings over 31 mm. long.
150. Celithemis eponina (Drury).
111. nat. hist. 2 : 86. 1773. Type locality: “Boston in New England.”
Common, — ponds.
June 21 to September 3.
Massachusetts : Saugus, Boston,
Natick (Hagen); Sherborn (Babcock);
Worcester (Hitchings); Concord (Howe);
Fall River (Holt); Wellesley (Morse);
Wareham (Bangs); Auburndale (Johnson); West Peabody (Little);
Woods Hole (Osburn); Saugus (M. C. Z.).
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Rhode Island: Block Island (Woodruff).
Connecticut: Litchfield Co., Bethlehem (Benedict); New London
(Osburn).
b. Wings not suffused with yellow.
151. Celithemis monomelaena Willm.
Ohionat. 10: 155.1910. Type locality: Whitley County, Indiana.”
Rare, —
July 8 to August 14.
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs).
Connecticut: No. Guilford (Howe).
152. Celithemis ornata (Ramb.).
Ins. Nevr. 96. 1842. Type locality: “L’Amerique septentrionalis.”
Rare, —
July 2 to August 14.
Maine: Bradley (Harvey); Manchester
(Wadsworth).
New Hampshire: Manchester (Burnham).
Massachusetts: Dracut (B. S. N. H.); Sherborn (Morse); Ware-
ham (Bangs); Fall River (Holt); Hyannisport (Johnson); South
Orleans (Howe).
Hind wings dark at base.
Group 8
/Vs
*sv
Pantala
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Genus: Tramea Hagen.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Tramea abdominalis .... +
Carolina -f + -f
lacerata -f
A. Front wings dear. a. Hind wings with dark narrow
(6 mm.) basal band.
153. Tramea abdominalis (Rambur).
Ins. Nevr. 37. 1842. Type locality: “des Antilles ... L’Amerique
septrionalis Cuba.”
One record.
August 30.
Massachusetts: Nantucket (Hagen).
b. Hind wings with dark wide (10 mm.) basal band.
154. Tramea Carolina (Linn.).
Amoen. acad. 6: 411.
1763. Type locality: “Caro-
lina.”
Uncommon, — ponds,
migratory along
coast in autumn.
June 1 to September 8.
Massachusetts: Natick
(Hagen); Concord, Chatham (Howe); Wareham (Bangs).
Rhode Island: Matoonoc ? (Simonds); Middletown (Howe).
Connecticut: Sachem Head (Calvert); Darien (Johnson); Bur-
chard’s pond, Fairfield Co. (Benedict); New London. (Osburn).
B. Front wings with dark spot at base.
155. Tramea lacerata Hagen.
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 145. 1861. Type locality: “Pecos River,
Western Texas,” etc.
One record, —
September 6, 1868.
Massachusetts: Chelsea (Sanborn, B. S. N. H.).
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Genus: Pantala Hagen.
Me. N. H. Vt. Mass. R. I. Conn.
Pantala flavescens + + +
156. Pantala flavescens (Fabr.).
Ent. syst. suppl. 285. 1798. Type locality: “India.”
Uncommon, — ponds.
August 9 to September
New Hampshire: Amoskeag Falls (Burnham).
Massachusetts: Boston (Cabot); Wareham (Bangs).
Rhode Island: Bristol (teneral) (Howe).
Seasonal Distribution in New England
Earliest Species
Agrion maculatum April 16
Zygopteba
Latest Species
Enallagma congener October 9
April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct.
Total number flying in 1 16 30 33 30 15 2
Anisoptera
Earliest Species Latest Species
Williamsonia lintneri April 30 Sympetrum vicinum November 8
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Total number flying in 1
21
52
58
43
20
7
1
Total Odonata flying in 2
37
82
91
73
35
9
1
89
Corrections and Additions
CORRECTIONS
The Rhode Island and Connecticut records at the top of page 60 belong at the bottom
of the page under S. tenehrosa.
ADDITIONS
Part I
Agrion aequabile
Massachusetts: Chelmsford (Howe).
Agrion maculatum
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson, Merrill).
Massachusetts: Sharon (Atwater); Chatham (Howe); Forest Hills (Henshaw).
Lestes eurinus
June 1 to July 21
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden).
Lestes unguiculatus
September 8
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Chatham (Howe).
Rhode Island: Middletown, Bristol (Howe).
Lestes uncatus
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Vermont: Leiscester (Dutton).
Part II
Lestes forcipatus
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Chatham (Howe).
Rhode Island: Howe).
Lester rectangularis
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Chatham (Howe).
Rhode Island: Warren (Howe).
Lestes vigilax
September 7
Massachusetts: Eastham, South Orleans, Brewster (Howe); Framingham
(Warden).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe).
Argia moesta
Maine: Mt. Desert (Merrill).
Argia violacea
September 13
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson, Merrill).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Orleans (Howe).
Enallagma durum
Massachusetts: South Orleans (Howe).
Enallagma hageni
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe).
Enallagma calverti
Massachusetts: Pepperill (Howe).
Enallagma ebrium
Maine: Mt. Desert (Merrill).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Belmont (Howe).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe).
Enallagma traviatum
June 19
Enallagma minusculum
Maine: Mt. Desert (Merrill).
Massachusetts: Eastham, South Orleans (Howe).
Enallagma doubledayi
August 23
Masachusetts: South Orleans (Howe).
Enallagma civile
Maine: Mt. Desert (Merrill).
Massachusetts: Brookline, Chatham, Orleans, South Orleans (Howe); Sharon
(Atwater); New Bedford (Holcomb V, Framingham (Warden); Truro (M. C. Z.).
Enallagma geminatum
June 15
Framingham (Warden).
Enallagma exsulans
Maine: Mt. Desert (Merrill).
Enallagma signatum
May 26
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe).
Nehalennia irene
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe).
Nehalennia graciiis
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Cedar Pond, Wenham (Morse).
Amphiagrion saucium
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Chromagrion conditum
May 30
Ischnura verticalis
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson); Mt. Desert (Merrill).
Vermont: Leicester (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Brookline, Belmont, Wellfleet, Eastham, Brewster, Chatham
(Howe); Sharon (Atwater); Framingham (Warden); Truro (M. C. Z.).
Rhode Island: Bristol, Warren (Howe).
Ischnura posita
Massachusetts: Chatham, Wellfleet (Howe).
Rhode Island: Warren, Bristol (Howe).
Anomalagrion hastatum
Rhode Island: Middletown, Bristol (Howe).
Part III
Cordulegaster maculatus
Massachusetts: Pepperill (Hawker).
Progomphus obscurus
Massachusetts: South Orleans (Howe).
Gomphus parvulus
Vermont: Starksboro (Dutton).
Gomphus exilis
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Sharon (Atwater).
Connecticut: Pomtret (Howe).
Dromogomphus spinosus
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Sharon (Atwater).
Part IV
In tabular plate of Zygoptera the words Aeshnidae and Libellulidae should be reversed .
Page 30: for femora on diagram read femur.
Basiaeschna janata
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Massachusetts: Carver (Shurtleff) .
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Boyeria vinosa
September 15
New Hampshire: Jackson (Skinner).
Massachusetts: Brookline (Shurtleff).
Connecticut: Twin Lakes (Calvert).
Gomphaeschna furcillata
May 4 to July 9
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Massachusetts: Sherborn (Smith).
Anas junius
May 4
Maine: Iron Bound Island (Hopkins).
Massachusetts: Chelmsford, Orleans, Chatham (Howe); Framingham (Warden)
Nantucket (Bangs).
Rhode Island: Warren (Howe).
Connecticut: Lakeville (Calvert) .
Aeshna umbrosa
Maine: Mt. Desert (Merrill); Iron Bound Island (Hopkins).
New Hampshire: Jackson (Calvert).
Vermont: Rutland (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Orleans (Howe) ; Woods Hole (Calvert) .
Connecticut: Twin Lakes (Calvert).
Aeshna interrupta
Maine: Iron Bound Island (Hopkins).
New Hampshire: Jackson (Skinner).
Aeshna clepsydra
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe); Framingham (Warden); Brookline (Shurtleff);
Woods Hole (Calvert); Wellfleet (M. C. Z.).
Aeshna eremita
New Hampshire: Jackson (Calvert).
Aeshna verticalis
Massachusetts: Brookline (Shurtleff); Lexington (Banks).
Strike out one: Manchester (Wadsworth).
Aeshna canadensis
June 22
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Vermont: Leicester (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe); Woods Hole (Calvert).
Aeshua tuberculifera
Connecticut: Lakeville (Calvert).
Didymops transversa
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Chelmsford (Howe).
Dorocordulia lepida
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Dorocordulia libera
June 7 to August 29
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Wareham (Bangs); Fall River (Holt); Lexington (Banks).
Epiaeschna heros
Massachusetts: Lexington (Banks).
Epicordulia princeps
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe).
Somatochlora forcipata
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
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Somatochlora kennedyi
May 30
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calver.,).
Cordulia shurtleffi
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Tetragoneuria cyanosura
Vermont: Brandon (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Orleans (Howe): Milton (Warden)
Connecticut: Pomf ret, Webster (Howe).
Tetragoneuria cyanosura Simula ns
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Tetragoneuria spinigera
July 23
New Hampshire: Meredith (Calvert).
Page 54 before line No. 100 Dorocordulia lepida (Hagen), read
A. Last abdominal segments not spatulate.
before line No. 101 Dorocordulia libera (Selys), read
B. Last abdominal segments spatulate.
Recapitulation
of
New England
Libellulidae
( Libellulinae ),
and
Odonata.
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X
X
a
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.2
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.2
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.s
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Maine
5
1
1
5
5
2
= 19
31
72
103
New Hampshire
6
1
1
1
6
5
2
1 =23
30
81
111
Vermont
4
1
3
2
= 10
14
30
44
Massachusetts
10
1
l
1
1
1
1
6
5
4
3
1 = 35
43
90
133
Rhode Island
3
1
l
1
1
1
5
1
2
1
1 = 21
22
28
50
Connecticut
7
1
l
1
1
1
1
4
2
3
1
= 24
27
56
93
Total
Odonate
Fauna for
New
En
gland =
= 156 species.
Bibliography of New England Faunal Papers.
1866: Scudder, S. H. Notes on some Odonata from the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 10: 211-222.
1867: Scudder, S. H. Additional Remarks upon the Odonata of the .... White
Mountains of New Hampshire, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.. 11: 298-300.
1873: Hagen, H. A. Report on Mr. H. S. Scudder’s Odonata from the White Moun-
tains, after an examination of the Types, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 15 : 376-377.
1890: Wadsworth, M. List of the Dragonflies (Odonata) taken at Manchester,
Kennebeck Co., in 1888 and 1889, Ent. News 1. 36-37, 55-57.
1891: Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, I, Ent. News
2: 50-51.
1891: Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, I, ibid, 2 : 73-75.
1892 ; Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, II, ibid, 3 : 91-93.
1892. Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, II, ibid, 3: 116-117.
93
1898: Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, III, ibid, 9: 59-64.
1900: Burnham, E. J. Preliminary Catalogue of the Anisoptera of Manchester,
N. H. Manchester Inst. Arts & Sci. 1: 27-38.
1901: Burnham, E. J. Additional Notes on the Anisoptera in the Vicinity of Man-
chester, N. H. Proc. Manchester Inst. Arts & Sci. 2: 37-45.
1901: Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, IV, Ent. News 12:
178-179.
1901: Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, IV, ibid, 196-198.
1901: Harvey, F. LeR. Contributions to the Odonata of Maine, IV, ibid, 239-243.
1902: Harvey, F. LeR. A Catalogue and Bibliography of the Odonata of Maine
with an Annotated List of their Collectors, University of Maine Studies, No. 4.
1905: Calvert, P. P. Fauna of New England 6. List of Odonata. Occasional
Papers, Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 7: 1-43.
1914: Woodruff, L. B. Some Dragonflies of a Connecticut Brook, Journ. N. Y. Ent.
Soc. 22: 154-159.
1915: Pierson, E. L. Jr. A List of Odonata (Dragon Flies) collected at Concord,
Mass. Proc. Thoreau Mus. Nat. Hist. 1: 41.
1916: Howe, R. H. Jr. A Preliminary List of the Odonata of Concord, Mass.
Psyche 23: 12-15.
1917: Howe, R. H. Jr. Distributional Notes on New England Odonata, Part I.
Psyche 24: 45 -53.
1917: Howe, R. H. Jr. Manual of the Odonata of New England, Part I, Memoir
Thoreau Mus. Nat. Hist. II, 1-8.
1917: Howe, R. H. Jr. Manual of the Odonata of New England, Part II, ibid, 9-24.
1918: Howe, R. H. Jr. Manual of the Odonata of New England, Part III, ibid,
25-40.
1918: Howe, R. H. Jr. The Dragon and Damsel-flies (Odonata) of Nantucket, Mass.
Annual Report Maria Mitchell Assoc, of Nantucket, unpaged, May.
1918: Howe, R. H. Jr. Distributional Notes on the New England Odonata, Part II,
Psyche 25: 106-110.
1919: Howe, R. H. Jr. The Odonata of Concord, Massachusetts, Ent. News, 30:
10-14.
1919: Howe, R. H. Jr. Odonata of the Franconia Region, New Hampshire, Can.
Ent. 51: 9-15.
1919: Howe, R. H. Jr. Addition to the Odonata of Franconia Region, N. H., ibid,
50: 93.
1919: Howe, R. H. Jr. A List of Dragon-flies collected at Wareham, Mass., during
the Years 1911 to 1913 by Mr. Outram Bangs. Psyche 26: 65-68.
1919: Howe, R. H. Jr. Damsel and Dragon Flies, List of Specimens Recorded in
this Town, [Bristol, R. I.] The Bristol Phoenix, August 19.
1919: Howe, R. H. Jr. Manual of the Odonata of New England, Part IV, ibid,
41-66.
(To be continued)
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Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History: 11
Manual of the Odonata of New England
By R. HEBER HOWE, Jr.
Part VI
March 15, 1920.
LARVAE OR NYMPHS
In this Manual have been treated only the adult or imago
damsel and dragonflies. The nymphs which have had far less
study are figured here only to show the Order characteristics.
At some later date a complete treatment of them may be under-
taken. The larvae or nymphs of the Odonata are aquatic.
They inhabit ponds, lakes, brooks, and rivers, and their exuviae
after the transformation of the imagos, are left attached to the
stem of water plants, dead wood, or rocks, and are familiar to
every student of nature. The works of Dr. J. A. Needham,
Mr. Louis Cabot, and Dr. C. H. Kennedy include studies of
many species, and will prove of much help in the study of the
nymphs. The latter has kindly allowed me to reproduce
drawings made by him.
Order: Zygoptera
A nymph of the Genus: Agrion
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Order: Anisoptera
A nymph of the Genus: Macromia
Additions and Corrections
Part I
Agrion aequabile
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
Agrion maculatum
New Hampshire: Keene (Wheelock).
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
Lestes eurinus
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
Lestes forcipatus
Maine: Rar Harbor (Johnson).
M assachusetts: West Peabody (Little) ; Winchendon (Russell).
Lestes congener
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
Lestes uncatus
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
Part 11
Lestes vigilax
Massachusetts: West Peabody (Little).
Argia violacea
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
Page 21: Under Ischnura for “ $’s with more than 7 postcubitals ” read with more
than 8 postcubitals in hind wings.
UndeF Ar omalagrion for “ 9 ’s with less than 7 postcubitals ” read with 8 or less
postcubitals in hind wings.
Ischnura verticalis
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Atwater).
Ischnura posita
Rhode Island: Wickford (Atwater).
Part 111
Cordulegaster diastatops
Massachusetts: Winchendon (Russell).
To habitat of Progomphus obscurus add : ponds.
Dromogomphus spinosus
June 16
Page 33 under Enallagma hageni
Massachusetts: strike out “ Franconia (Howe).”
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Tetragoneuria
Part IV
Boyeria vinosa
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Anax longipes
August 27.
Aeshna umbrosa
New Hampshire: Keene (Wheelock).
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe).
Aeshna canadensis
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Rhode Island: Bristol (Howe).
Aeshna constricta
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Barnes)
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Dorocordulia lepida
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Dorocordulia libera
For “ August 29 ” read August 9.
Part V
Libellula cyanea
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Libellula exusta
May 28 to July 25.
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Libellula exusta julia
June 4 to July 7
New Hampshire: Keene (Wheelock).
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Libellula quadrimaculata
Vermont: Bristol (Dutton).
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Libellula pulchella
New Hampshire: Keene (Wheelock).
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Plathemis lydia
New Hampshire: Keene (Wheelock).
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Sympetrum vicinum
July 8
Massachusetts: Wiuchendou (Russell).
Sympetrum semicinctum
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Leucorrhinia intacta
Massachusetts: Wakefield (Atwater).
Leucorrhinia frigida
Massachusetts: Winehendon (Russell).
Page 87 Group 8 should have been printed in yellow.
Page 91 under Cordulegaster maculata for “ (Hawker) ” read (Parker)
Bibliography
1891: Bullock, J. D. Notes on Mt. Desert Dragon-flies, Ent. News 2:93-94.
1891: Wadsworth, M. Additions and Corrections, to the list of Dragon-flie
(Odonata), of Manchester, Kennebec Co., Maine, Ent. News 2:11-12.
1892: Wadsworth, M. Second Additions and Corrections, etc. Ent. News 3:8-9.
1894: Wadsworth, M. Third Addition to the list, etc. 5:132.
1894: Calvert, P. P. Data on the Distribution of Dragon-flies (Odonata), Ent
News 5:1. 242-244.
1898: Wadsworth, M. Fourth Addition to the list, etc. Ent. News 9:111.
97
From the following persons, in addition to those thanked in
the prefatory remarks in Part I, I have received much valuable
assistance in the preparation of this Manual, and to whom I
desire to express my most sincere thanks: Drs. C. H. Kennedy,
J. G. Needham, R. C. Osburn, Messrs. S. W. Bromley, C. W.
Atwater, D. Merrill, W. G. Low, 3rd., W. J. Clench, F. C.
Whitehouse, E. J. Smith, O. Bangs, H. C. Holcomb, and Miss
Elizabeth B. Warden.
INDEX
(Numbers in blackfaced type refer to the full treatment of the species,
those in lighter face to additional dates, stations, or corrections.)
Aeshna caerulea septentrionalis . .
... 47
canadensis
. 48,
92,
97
clepsydra
• 45,
92
constricta
49,
97
eremita
46,
92
interrupta
45,
92
juncea
.46
mutata
... 47
tuberculifera
... 48,
92
umbrosa
... 44,
92,
97
verticalis
... 47,
92
Agrion amatum
3,
37,
65
dimitiatum apicale
3
aequabile
3,
37,
65,
90,
96
maculatum
... 4,
37,
65,
90,
96
Amphiagrion saucium
20,
39,
66,
91
Anomalagrion hastatum
. 22,
40,
66,
91
Anax junius
43,
92
longipes
. 44
Argia apicalis
13
moesta
12,
38,
65,
90
sedula
13
violacea
.12,
38,
65,
90,
96
Basiaeschna janata
42,
91
Boyeria grafiana
. 42
vinosa
41,
92,
97
Celithemis elisa
86
eponina
86
monomelaena
. 87
ornata
87
Chromagrion conditum
20,
40,
66,
91
Cordulegaster diastatops
25,
66,
96
maculatus
25,
91,
97
obliquus
26
Cordulia shurtleffi
61,
93
Didymops trans versa
51,
92
Dorocordulia lepida
... 54,
92,
97
libera
.54,
92,
97
Dromogomphus spinosus
36,
91,
96
99
Enallagma aspersum
16,
38,
65
calverti
15,
38,
65,
90
carunculatum
16,
39
civile
17,
39,
65,
91
cyathigeruni
14,
38
divagans
17,
39
doubledayi
16,
39,
91
durum
14,
38,
65,
90
ebrium
15,
38,
90
exulans
18,
39,
91
geminatum
17,
39,
65,
91
hageni
15,
38,
90,
96
laterale
18
minusculum
16,
39,
90
pictum
17,
65
pollutum
18,
39,
65
signatum
. .... 18,
39,
65,
91
traviatum
16,
38,
65,
90
Epiaeschna heros
50,
92
Epicordulia princeps
55,
92
Erythemis simplicicollis
77
Erythrodiplax berenice
77
Gomphus abbreviatus
31,
66
adelphus
33,
albistylus
31,
66
brevis
32,
66
exilis
32,
91
f rater nus
33
furcifer
34,
66
lividus . . .
notatus
pallidus . .
parvulus . .
quadricolor
scudderi . .
sordidus . .
spicatus . .
spiniceps
vastus .
ventricosus
Gomphaeschna furcillata
Gomphoides ....
Hagenius brevistylus
Helocordulia uhleri
Hetaerina americana
Ischnura kellicotti . .
32
35
35
31, 91
32
35
32
34
35, 66
33
33
43,
27
28,
56
5,
22
100
Ischnura posita
22,
40,
66,
91,
96
ramburii
22,
40
verticalis
21,
40,
66,
91,
96
Lestes congener
7,
37,
65,
96
eurinus
7,
37,
65,
90,
98
disjunctus
9,
37,
65
forcipatus
9,
37,
65,
90,
93
inequalis
11,
38,
65
rectangularis
9,
37,
90
uncatus
8,
37,
65,
90,
96
unguiculatus
8,
11,
37,
65,
90
vigilax
10,
38,
65,
90,
96
Leucorrhinia frigida
84,
97
glacialis ....
84
hudsonica ....
84
intacta
83,
97
proxima .
Lihellula auripennis
basalis ....
cyanea ....
exusta ....
exusta julia .
flavida ....
incesta ....
luctuosa ....
pulchella ....
quadrimaculata
semifasciata .
vibrans ....
Macromia illinoiensis .
Nannothemis bella ....
Nasiaeschna pentacantha .
Nehalennia gracilis . .
irene ....
Neurocordulia obsoleta
yamaskanensis
Ophiogompus anomalus . .
aspersus . .
carolus . . .
colubrinus
johannus . .
mainensis . .
rupinsulensis .
Pachydipax longipennis . .
Pantala flavescens ....
Perithemis domitia tenera
97
97
97
85
69
71
70,
71,
71,
70
69
71
73,
72,
73
70
52
75
50
20,
19,
53
53
28
30, 66
29
29
29
28
29, 66
78
89
75
91
39,
66, 91
101
Plathemis lydia
Progomphus obscurus
Somatochlora albicincta
cingulata . . .
elongata . . .
forcipata . . .
franklini
kennedyi
linearis ....
minor ....
tenebrosa
walshii ....
williamsoni
Sympetrum albifrons ....
ambiguum
costiferum
obtrusum
rubicundulum
scoticum ....
semicinctum
vicinum ....
Tachyopteryx thoreyi . .
Tetragoneuria canis ....
costalis
cynosura
cynosura semiquea
cynosura simulans
morio ....
spinigera
spinosa
Tramea abdominalis ....
Carolina
lacerata
Williamsonia lintneri ....
. . 74, 97
. 27, 91, 96
. . 57
57
. . 58
59, 92
60
59, 93
58
69
60
60
58
83
83
81
80
79, 97
. 80
. 81, 97
. . 82, 97
. 24
. 64
. 64
. 62, 93
. 63
. 62, 93
63
. 64, 93
. . 64
. . 88
. . 88
. . 88
63
102
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Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History:
II. Manual of the Odonata of New England1
By R. Heber Howe, Jr.
NYMPHS
ZYGOPTERA
Part I
December 24, 1921
The pictorial keys of the imagos of the Odonata of New
England have met with such general and gratifying approval
that the author begins with this paper a similar work on the
larvae or immature stages of the species treated in the former
work. Many of those persons thanked before are giving
substantial aid in this portion of the manual, among them
particularly to be mentioned are Drs. P. P. Calvert, P. Gar-
man, E. M. Walker, J. G. Needham, C. H. Kennedy, C. B.
Wilson.
In Part VI of the former manual, page 95, an introductory
statement was made in regard to the habitats of the nymphs.
In Dr. Garman’s valuable work on The Zygoptera, or Damsel-
flies, of Illinois (Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 12: 411-
588. Pis. 58-73. 1917), complete descriptions and measure-
ments are given for all but a few species here listed, and for
permission to reproduce many of his figures of gill plates the
author has both Dr. Garman and Dr. S. A. Forbes to thank.
For permission to use the figure of the gill plates of Erwllagma
ebrium { Ent. News 26: PI. 1. 1915) acknowledgement is due
to Drs. Calvert and Cresson of the Entomological News. For
the use of the figures of egg and first nymphal stage of Enal-
lagma signatum the author is indebted to Dr. C. B. Wilson
though the courtesy of the Bureau of Fisheries. For several
figures of Lestes, etc., I am indebted to Dr. E. M. Walker.
Two of the cuts used in the key are after published drawings
by Dr. Kennedy. The full page plates were drawn for the
author by Mr. E. N. Fischer.
1 Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory of the Bussey Institution, Har-
vard University. — No. 192.
103
Egg
1/
The eggs of the Zygoptera are ovoidal,
about 1 mm. long, 200-300 of which are prob-
ably laid by one female. They are inserted
in a more or less definite arrangement in the
leaves of grasses, sedges (bur reed), flag
(Iridaceae) above or below (female submerg-
ing) the water surface, and require a period
of over 14 or 18 days to hatch, but the exact
length of incubation is not known, though
believed to be from 4-5 weeks.
Larvae, Nymphs or Naiads
After hatching the
larvae are known as
pronymphs. The
nymphal life has been
estimated at from
229-624 days. From
10-15 molts are re-
quired for full devel-
opment. Emergence
generally takes place
before 8 a.m., or after
6 p.m., though the
nymphs of this order
frequently emerge be-
tween these hours.
The cast skins found
clinging to the stems
of aquatic plants are
called exuviae.
First true nymphal stage
104
Food
The nymphs are both phytophagous and predacious, and
have been recorded as feeding upon the following organisms:
Plants
Algae
Diatoms
Navicula
Encyonema
Gomphonema
Synedra ulna
Fragilaria
Nitzschia acicularis
Chlorophyceae
Desmids
Closterium
Oedogonium
Ulothrix
Cyanophyceae
Oscillatoria
Animals
Protozoa
Paramecium
Crustacea
Copepoda
Cyclops
Cypris
Diaptomus
Phyllopoda
Cladocera
Anomopoda
Daphnia
Bosmina
Pleuroxus
Simocephalus
Arachnida
Hydrachinida
Dolomedes
Hexapoda
Ephemerida
Callibaetis
Hexagenia
Odonata
Zygoptera
Ischnura
Enallagma
Hemiptera
Aphids
Diptera
Nematocera
Chironomids
Ceratopogon
Orthocladius
Corynoneura
Culicids
Culex
Simuliids
Brachycera
Dolichopdids
Anthomyiids
Syrphids
Geomyzidids
Coleoptera
Berosus
Lepidoptera
Ancyloxcypha
Mollusca
Physa
Planorbis
Enemies
The eggs, and later during nymphal life the larvae are the
prey of fishes of whose food they often comprise from 10-25
per cent. They are also preyed upon by Protozoa (Vorticella),
Coelenterata (Hydra), Vermes (Nematodes), and by certain
Hymenoptera, Coleoptera (Dytiscus, Zaitha), aquatic Hemip-
tera, (Notonecta, Ranatra, Belostoma), Arachnida (including
Mites), frogs, newts, reptiles (Chrysemys), and diving birds
(Colymbus), as well as by larvae of their own or other
Odonate species. They are attacked also by Algae (Oedo-
gonium, Diatoms), and Fungus (Saprolegniales) growths.
Teneral Life
The freshly emerged imago, called a teneral, has been ob-
served to take five and one half hours to complete its full
development.
105
Order: Zygoptera
Family: Agrionidae
Subfamily: Agrioninae
Genus: Agrion
Nymphs inhabit running water, — brooks and small streams.
1 . Agrion amatum. Nymph unknown.
2. Agrion dimidiatum apicale. Nymph unknown.
106
Genus: Hetaerina
Nymphs inhabit running water, — streams and rivers.
5. Hetaerina americana.
Genus: Lestes
(For detailed figures see Walker, Can. Ent. 46: pi. 13, 14, 23, 1914.)
Nymphs inhabit still water, — ponds and lakes.
., — Lateral spines never present on abdominal segment two.
Mentum reaching beyond base of coxae.
a. Four or five setae on each lateral
labial lobe.
b. Three setae on each lateral
labial lobe.
I. Lateral spines always present on abdominal segment jour.
107
II. Lateral spines never present on abdominal segment four.
1. Mentum of labium reaching to apex of hind coxae, or
beyond.
*Mentum of labium
reaching to apex of hind
coxae
8. Lestes uncatus.
**Mentum of labium reaching beyond
apex of hind coxae to apex of tro-
chanter.
9. Lestes disjunctus.
2. Mentum of labium reaching only
to middle of hind coxae.
108
*Mental setae five on each side of labium.
10. Lestes rectan-
gularis.
**Mental setae six or seven on each side of labium.
ffGill plates banded.
12. Lestes forcipatus.
B, — Lateral spines always present on abdominal
segment two. Mentum not reaching base of
hind coxae.
13. Lestes vigilax.
14. Lestes inequalis. Nymph unknown.
109
Genus: Argia
Nymphs inhabit ponds and lakes, and slow running and even rapid
streams.
A, — Gill plates ovate , tips inconspicuous.
15. Argia moesta.
B, — Gill plates spatulate, tips conspicuous.
16. Argia violacea.
17. Argia translata. Nymph unknown.
Genus: Enallagma
Nymphs inhabit ponds, lakes and streams.
(For key to ten of the following species see Garman, Bull. 111. State
Lab. 12: 517-518, 1917.) No good characters are yet known for the
separation of all the species of this genus. The gill plates will serve for
identification in most cases.
18. Enallagma aspersum. Nymph unknown.
19. Enallagma calverti.
110
22. Enallagma cyathige-
rum.
23. Enallagma double-
dayi.
24. Enallagma durum.
25. Enallagma
ebrium.
ill
27. Enallagma gemina-
tum.
28. Enallagma hageni.
29. Enallagma late-
rale.
Effi* VfoX vli£
30. Enallagma signatum.
31. Enallagma traviatum
112
32. Enallagma vesperum
33. Enallagma divagans. Nymph unknown.
34. Enallagma minusculum. Nymph unknown.
35. Enallagma pictum. Nymph unknown.
Genus: Nehalennia
(For detailed figures see Walker, Can. Ent. 45: pi. 1, 1913.)
Nymphs inhabit spring runs, bogs, grassy ponds and lakes.
A, — Gills unspotted , head with 4 to 6 hind marginal spines.
36. Nehalennia
gracilis.
B, — Gills spotted , head with 12 or more hind marginal spines.
37. Nehalennia irene.
Genus: Amphiagrion
Nymphs inhabit meadow brooks and marshy bogs.
113
Genus: Chromagrion
Nymphs inhabit ponds, small lakes and streams.
39. Chromagrion
conditum.
Genus: Ischnura
Nymphs inhabit streams and rivers, ponds and lakes, i.e. permanent
water.
A, — Gill plates with strong arcuate bands.
40. Ischnura posita.
B, — Gill plates with no or only slight arcuate bands.
42. Ischnura kellicotti. Nymph unknown.
43. Ischnura ramburii. Nymph unknown.
Genus: Anomalagrion
Nymphs inhabit springy bogs, and stagnant marsh water.
44. Anomalagrion hasta-
tum.
114
PICTORIAL KEY TO ZYGOPTERA NYMPHS
In the following full page illustrations the last few segments
of the abdomen are shown rotated, exposing the branchial
plates in profile. To the left of each complete drawing of
the nymph the closed labium as seen from the ventral side is
shown. In plate X, in the complete drawing, the labium is
shown extended, and in the drawing of the labium the rap-
torial setae show through the mentum.
115
Plate I. AGRION AEQUABILE
5 X Nat. Size
Plate II. HETAERINA AMERICANA
5 X Nat. Size
Plate III. LESTES RECTAN GULARIS
6 X Nat. Size
Plate IV.
ARGIA VIOLACEA
9 X Nat. Size
Plate V. ENALLAGMA DURUM
6 X Nat. Size
7 X Nat. Size
Plate VI. CHROMAGRION CONDITUM
Plate VII. NEHALENNIA IRENE
9 X Nat. Size
Plate IX. ISCHNURA VERTICALIS
9 X Nat. Size
Plate X. ANOMALAGRION HASTATUM
8 X Nat. Size
Memoir of the Thoreau Museum of Natural History : II
Supplement to Manual of Odonata of New England
By R. HEBER HOWE, Jr.
March 15, 1921.
157. Argia translate Hagen.
Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. (2) 20:410, 1865. Type locality:
“Venezuela, Porto-Cabello, par Appun.”
One instance, — ponds.
July 27, 1920.
Connecticut: Pistapaug pond, Wallingford (Garman).
b. Back of head black, abdomen banded Avith yellow.
158. Cord ill egaster erroneus Hagen.
Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg (2) 46:688, 1878. Type locality:
“Caroline du Nord aux environs de Morgantown.”
June 8, 1911.
One instance, teneral.
Connecticut: Wallingford (Walden).
159. Gomphus amnicola Walsh.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 396, 1862. Type locality:
“Illinois.”
Dr. Muttkowski (ibid. 90) records this species from
“Me.,” but the record is untraceable.
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
160. Gomphus villosipes Selys.
Bull. Acad. Roy. Belg. 21:53, 1852. Type locality:
“Etats-Unis.”
Rare, — one instance.
June 15 to 30.
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
Note: This species was included as from Massachusetts
by Dr. P. P. Calvert (Tran. Amer. Ent. Soc. 20:245,
Nat. Hist. 18:45, 1875), but was not included in Dr.
Calvert’s New England List, as Hagen later (Bull.
Acad. Roy. Belg (2) 46:458, 1878) found the speci-
men from Natick to be G. furcifer.
c. Brovin of hindwings reaching to nodus.
161. Tetragoneuria semiquaea (Burm.)
Handb. Ent. 2:858, 1839. Type locality: “Savannah.”
Massachusetts: Dr. Muttkowski includes this species from
Massachusetts in his Studies in Tetragoneuria
(Odonata), Bull. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc. 9:120, 1911.
162. Libellula exusta julia (Uhler)
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 88, 1857. Type locality:
“Fort Steilacoom, W. Territory.”
May 31.
Maine: Ogunquit (Blair-Smith) .
New Hampshire: Jaffrey (Johnson).
1
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Framingham
(Warden) ; Salem (Walker) ; West Roxbury (B. S.
N. H.); Plum Island (Morse).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden).
**Legs oiithfy black.
163. Sympetrum atripes (Hagen)
U. S. Geol. Sur. Terr. Colo. 588, 1873. Type locality:
“Yellowstone/’
New Hampshire: Meredith, Sept. 9, 1919 (see Ent News,
28:1921).
** Sides of thorax with two yellow dots.
164. Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen.
Syn. Neur. No. Amer. 171, 1861. Type locality: “Pecos
River, Western Texas,” etc.
June 10 to September 10.
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe); Plum Island, Essex Co.
(Morse) .
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden).
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
Agrion amatum
July 19
Massachusetts: Petersham, 1,000 ft. (Wheeler).
Agrion aequabile
Maine: Monmouth (Frost).
Massachusetts: Middleton (Walker); Amherst (Bromley); Wareham
(Bangs); Boston (Brues) ; Forest Hills (B. S. N. H.).
Connecticut: Mt. Carmel (Walden).
Agrion maculatum
Maine: Liberty (Frost).
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Fenn).
Massachusetts: Petersham (Wheeler); West Roxbury (Taylor); Fram-
ingham (Warden); Middleton (Walker); Boston (Brues); Am-
herst (Bromley) ; Woburn (Anderson) ; Middleton, West Peabody
(Morse); Forest Hills (Wheeler).
Connecticut: Goshen (Zappe).
Hetaerina americana
Massachusetts: Amherst (Taylor); Belchertown (M. C. Z.) ; Miller’s
Falls (Bromley).
Connecticut: Kent (Britton).
Lestes eurinus
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Woods Hole (Gray).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Lestes congener
July 4.
Maine: Chamberlain lake (Cushman).
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Fenn).
Massachusetts: Stony brook, Forest Hills, Petersham (Wheeler); Heath
(Warden); Hyannis (Howe).
Connecticut: Branford (Yierick) ; Westville (Britton); New Canaan
(Garman) .
Lestes unguiculatus
Massachusetts: Wellfleet (Johnson); Quincy (Anderson); Wenham,
Peabody (Morse); Amherst (Bromley); Nantucket (Howe).
2
Lestes uncatus
Maine: Ogunquit ( Blair- Smith ) .
New Hampshire: Lake Sunapee (Johnstone).
Vermont: Bennington (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); Forest Hills (Brues) ; Amherst
(Bromley); Winchester (Atwater); Salem, Swampscott (Walker).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Johnson).
Lestes disjunctus
Maine: Glen House, Bar Harbor (Johnson); Ogunquit (Blair-Smith)
Vermont: Shoreham (Cushman).
Massachusetts: Hyannis, Harwich, Chatham, Waltham (Howe); Am-
herst (Bromley).
Connecticut: West Thompson (Vierick).
Lestes forcipatus
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); Amherst (Bromley); Phillipston
(Wheeler) .
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: New Haven (Moore, Britton); Lake Whitney (Vierick).
Lestes rectangularis
Maine: Ogunquit (Blair-Smith).
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone).
Massachusetts: Tisbury (Cushman); Petersham (Wheeler); West Pea-
body, Wenham (Morse) ; West Roxbury (Taylor) ; Winchester
(Atwater); Heath (Warden); Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: Branford (Winkley) ; New Haven (Buttrick).
Lestes vigilax
Meredith Neck (Calvert), should be under New Hampshire.
Maine: Liberty (Cushman).
Massachusetts: West Peabody (Morse); Hyannis, Wianno, Harwich
(Howe); Cohasset (Bryant); Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: New Haven (Vierick).
Lestes inequalis
Maine: Ogunquit (Blair-Smith).
Massachusetts: Winchester (Atwater).
Connecticut: Litchfield, Stratford (Garman).
Argia moesta
Massachusetts: Petersham (Wheeler); Brewster (Howe).
Connecticut: Putnam (Vierick).
Argia violacea
September 26
Maine: Liberty (Cushman).
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Gallagher).
Vermont: Shoreham (Cushman).
Massachusetts: Petersham (Wheeler); Cohasset (Bryant); Pocasset
(Cushman): Danvers, Wenham (Morse); Ashburnham, Wianno
(Howe) ; Winchester (Atwater) ; Carlisle (Taylor) ; Amherst
(Bromley) .
Connecticut: Orange (Britton); New Haven (Walden).
Enallagma durum
Massachusetts: Nantucket (Bromley); Wianno (Howe).
Connecticut: Woodmont, Branford (Buttrick).
3
Enallagma cynathigerum
June 10 to July 18.
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Vermont: South Hero (Cushman).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Woods Hole (Gray).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden).
Enallagma hageni
June 29 to August 10.
Maine: Belfast (Cushman); Monmouth (Frost).
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone).
Vermont: Coventry (Cushman).
Massachusetts: Danvers (Morse).
Enallagma calverti
Massachusetts: Framingham (Howe); Melrose (Anderson); Haverhill
(Morse).
Enallagma ebrium
Maine: Ogunquit ( Blair- Smith ) ; Liberty (Cushman).
Vermont: Shoreham (Cushman).
Massachusetts: Salem (Walker); Amherst (Bromley); Winchester
(Atwater); Lynn (Morse).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden); West Thompson (Vierick).
Enallagma traviatum
Connecticut: Pistapaug pond, Wallingford (Garman).
Enallagma aspersum
July 9.
Massachusetts: Manomet (Cushman); Winchester (Atwater); Amherst
(Bromley) .
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Enallagma minusculum
Massachusetts: Winanno (Howe).
Enallagma doubledayi
June 28 to September 13.
Massachusetts: Hyannis, Chatham, Harwich (Howe); Woods Hole
(Gray).
Enallagma. carunculatum
Connecticut : (C. A. E. S.).
Enallagma civile
Salt marshes.
Massachusetts: Woods Hole, Tuckernuck island. West Tisbury (Cush-
man) ; Manomet (Johnson, Brooks) ; Wianno, Orleans, Brewster,
Brookline (Howe) ; Woods Hole (Gray) ; Westfield, Amherst
(Bromley) ; Rockport, West Peabody, Wenham (Morse) ; Horse
Neck Beach (Holt); Tarpaulin Cove (Bryant).
Rhode Island-: Block Island (Howe): Wickford (Atwater).
Connecticut.: New Haven (Vierick); Whitneyville (Buttrick).
Enallagma geminatum
Massachusetts: West Peabody, West Andover (Morse).
Connecticut: Mt. Carmel (Moore); New Haven (Moore, Vierick).
Enallagma laterale
Rhode Island: Wickford (Johnson).
Enallagma exsulans
Massachusetts: Brewster (Howe).
Connecticut: Putnam (Vierick).
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Enallagma signalum
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); South Chatham, Orleans (Howe);
Amherst (Bromley); Framingham (Warden); Peabody (Morse).
Connecticut: West Thompson (Vierick).
Enallagma pollutom should read Enallagma vesperum.. See Calvert, Trans.
Amer. Ent. Soc. 45:381, 1919.
June 21.
Massachusetts: Manomet (Johnson); Cohasset (Bryant).
Connecticut: North Guilford, Litchfield, Mt. Carmel (Garman).
Nehalennia irene
June 20.
Maine: Belfast; Liberty (Cushman); Monmouth (Frost).
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Cushman); Wenham (Morse); Amherst
(Bromley) .
Rhode Island: Bristol, Wickford (Johnson).
Connecticut: West Haven (Yierick).
Amphiagrion saucium
May 25 to July 20.
V ermont : Coventry ( Cushman ) .
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Peabody, Danvers (Morse).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Johnson).
Connecticut: New Haven (Britton, Vierick, Winkley).
Chromagrion conditum
New Hampshire: Jaffrey (Johnson).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Ischnura verticalis
Salt marshes.
Maine: Liberty. Belfast (Cushman).
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone).
Vermont: Derby (Cushman); Bennington, Manchester (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Horse Neck Beach (Holt); Woods Hole, Nantucket,
Tuckernuck, Nomanesset Island (Cushman) ; Wellfleet, Edgartown
(Johnson); Tarpaulin Cove (Bryant); Melrose (Anderson);
Brewster, Orleans, Ashburnham, South Chatham, Hyannis, Wianno,
Block Island, Harwich (Howe) ; Salem (Walker) ; Woods Hole
(Gray) ; Amherst (Bromley) ; Lynnfield, Rockport (Morse) ; Win-
chester (Atwater); Amherst, West Roxbury (Taylor).
Connecticut: Portland (Walden); West Thompson, Lake Whitney
(Vierick) ; Poquonock (Britton) ; Mt. Carmel (Moore) ; South
Manchester (Sturgis).
Ischnura posita
Massachusetts: Cohasset (Bryant); Tisbury (Cushman).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Johnson).
Connecticut: Winnepauk (Johnson).
Cordulegaster diastatops
Vermont: Bennington (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
a. Black of head brown, abdomen spotted with yellow.
Cordulegaster maculatus
Maine: Monmouth (Frost).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Framingham (Warden).
Connecticut: Rainbow (Kirk).
“Pepperill (Hawker)” should read, Pepperill (Parker).
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Cordulegaster obliquus
Connecticut. Westville (Walden).
Insert b. Back of head black, abdomen banded with yellow.
Progomphus obscurus
August 21.
Massachusetts: Brewster, South Chatham, Wianno (Howe).
Hagenius brevistylus
June 15.
Massachusetts: Essex Co. (Morse); Amherst (Bromley).
Ophiogomphus mainensis
Massachusetts: Dr. Muttkowski includes “Mass.” in his list of
Odonata of North America — the record cannot be traced.
Ophiogomphus johannus
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis
June 14.
Massachusetts: Great Barrington (Johnson).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Ophiogomphus aspersus
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
Gomphus albistylus
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Gomphus parvulus
Maine: Monmouth (Frost).
Massachusetts: Chester, Great Barrington (Johnson).
Gomphus brevis
Massachusetts: Mt. Tom (Needham); Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Gomphus exilis
New Hampshire: Squam lake (Allen); Fitzwilliam (Howe).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden, Frost); Manomet (Johnson);
Amherst (Bromley) ; Orleans. Chatham (Howe) ; West Peabody
(Morse) ; Medford (Anderson) ; Forest Hills (Brues) ; Winches-
ter (Atwater).
Connecticut: West Thompson (Yierick) ; New Haven, Westville, Mt.
Carmel (Walden).
Gomphus lividus
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Gomphus ventricosus
June 10.
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
Gomphus adelphus
Massachusetts: Cambridge? (Hagen).
Gomphus borealis
New Hampshire: .Jaffrey (Johnson).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.)
Gomphus spicatus.
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Vermont: Manchester (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Washington (Johnson).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
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G’omphus furcifer.
Massachusetts: Essex Co. (Morse).
Gomphus scudderi
Maine: Orono (Harvey).
Dromogomphus spinosus
June 12.
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Howe).
Massachusetts: Chatham (Howe); Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Boyeria vinosa
September 26.
Massachusetts: Petersham (Wheeler); Framingham (Warden); Brook-
line (Shurtleff); West Townsend (Howe); Amherst (Bromley).
Boyeria grafiana
August 7, 1920.
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone).
Basiaeschna janata
August 13.
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Framingham (Howe); Carver
(B. S. N. H.).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Gomphaeschna furcillata
July 28.
Massachusetts: Salem (Walker); West Peabody (Morse).
Connecticut: Westville (Britton): Lyme (Zappe) ; New Haven
(Lowry); North Branford (Walden).
Anax junius
Maine: Ogunquit ( Blair- Smith ) .
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Winchester (Atwater); Woods
Hole (Gray) ; Winchendon (Johnson) ; Peabody (Morse) ; Hyannis
(Howe).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: New Haven (Britton); Whitneyville (Buttrick) ; Milford
(Vierick) .
Anax longipes
Note: Hagen’s record (Ent. Mo. Mag. 20:169-170, 1884) was of two
males and one female that were taken flying about the “tops of
trees on [a] hill.* '
Aeshna umbrosa
November 1.
Maine: Bar Harbor, North-east Harbor (Johnson); Bethel (Lamb).
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone); Meredith (Wheeler); Jaffrey,
Fitzwilliam (Howe).
Massachusetts: Princeton (Johnson); Heath (Warden); Amherst
(Bromley) ; Blue Hill (Taylor) ; Watertown, Arlington (Ander-
son) ; Ashby, Ashburnham (Howe) ; Westboro (Fay) ; Wenham
(Morse).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Aeshna interrupta
September 18.
Massachusetts: Wenham (Morse).
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Aeshna clepsydra
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson); Liberty (Cushman).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Wianno, Hyannis, Brewster
(Howe); Brookline (Shurtleff).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Aeshna mutata
June 5, 1902
Aeshna verticalis
July 17.
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone).
Massachusetts: Forest Hills (Wheeler); Arlington (Anderson); Salem
(Morse); Amherst (Bromley); Chatham (Howe).
Connecticut: Salisbury, New Haven (Britton); Scotland (Walden).
Aeshna tuberculifera
August 1 to September 23
Massachusetts: South Orleans, Hyannis, Chatham (Howe;) Wrentham
(Frost); Heath (Warden).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Aeshna canadensis
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone); Fitzwilliam (G-allagher) .
Massachusetts: South Orleans, Ashburnham (Howe); Petersham
(Wheeler); Heath (Warden); Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Aeshna constricta
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Essex Co. (Morse).
Nasiaeschna pentacantha
June 14.
Massachusetts: Wellesley (Needham); Concord (Howe); Dedham
(Clark); (see Psyche 27:154, 155, 1920).
Epiaeschna heros
September 17.
New Hampshire: Mt. Monadnock (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); Marblehead, Swampscott
(Walker); Salem, Marblehead (Morse); Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: Lyme (Zappe) ; New Haven (Lowry); North Branford
(Walden).
Didymops transversa
Maine: Capens (Johnson); Monmouth (Frost).
New Hampshire: Squam lake (Allen); Jaffrey (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Rutland (Johnson); Melrose (Anderson); Framing-
ham (Howe); Amherst (Bromley); Salem (Morse).
Connecticut: Mt. Carmel (Walden).
Macromia illinoiensis
June 16.
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Fenn).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Wianno (Howe).
Williamsonia lintneri
Massachusetts: Framingham (Frost); Middleton (Walker); Hopkin-
ton (Frost).
Dorocordulia lepida
Massachusetts: Sharon (Johnson); West Peabody (Morse).
Rhode Island: Washington (Johnson).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
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Dorocordulia libera
New Hampshire: Mt. Monadnock (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Epicordulia princeps
Massachusetts. Brewster, Wianno, Hyannis (Howe); Woods Hole
(Gray).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Helocordulia uhlerv
Massachusetts Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Somatochlora cingulata
Massachusetts: Dr. Muttkowski includes Massachusetts in his Odonata
of North America, but the record seems untraceable.
Somatochlora elongata
August 21.
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone).
Somatochlora linearis
July 2.
Connecticut: Orange (Zappe).
Somatochlora williamsoni
August 8.
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone).
Somatochlora keunedyi
Massachusetts: Middleton (Walker).
Somatochlora minor
Connection' : (C. A. E. S.).
Somatochlora tenebrosa
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.)
Cordulia shurtleffi
New Hampshire. Jaffrey (Johnson).
Connecticut’ (C. A. E. S.).
Tetragoneuria cynosura
July 12
Massachusetts: Framingham (Warden); Chatham, Boston (Howe);
Amherst (Bromley) ; Cambridge (Lamb) ; Arlington (Anderson) ;
Woods Hole (Gray).
Connecticut: West Thompson (Vierek) ; Mt. Carmel, New Haven
(Walden).
Tetragoneuria c. simulans
Maine: Monmouth (Frost); South-west Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Squam lake (Allen).
Vermont: Bennington (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); Framingham (Howe); Melrose
(Anderson); Danvers (Morse).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
under A.
c. Brown of hindwings reaching to nodus.
Tetragoneuria spinigera
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Howe); Jaffrey (Johnson).
Vermont: Manchester (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Littleton (Howe); Winchester (Atwater).
Connecticut: Goshen (Zappe).
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Tetragoneuria canis
May 31.
Maine: Manchester (Wadsworth); Dr. Muttkowski gives this record
ibid. 132.
Massachusetts: Concord (Howe). (Psyche 27:155, 1920.)
Connecticut: (C. A. F. S.).
Libellula auripennis
September 13.
Massachusetts: Harwich, Hyannis, Chatham (Howe); Woods Hole
(Gray) .
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Libellula incesta
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Harwich, Wianno, South Chat-
ham (Howe); Woods Hole (Gray); West Peabody (Morse).
Libellula vibrans
July 7.
Maine: Dr. Muttkowski includes this species from Maine (ibid. 141),
but the record is untraceable and very doubtful.
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray).
Connecticut: East Haven (Walden).
Libellula flavida
The Concord record must be expunged, as the specimen determined
by Mr. Williamson has since been pronounced by Dr. Calvert as
L. eyanea, though showing some misleading characters. The
Wareham record is therefore also referable to L. eyanea. As the
author had not listed definitely L. flavida as a New England spe-
cies, because certain discrepancies were evident if the Concord
species were true L. flavida — he wishes now to withdraw the last
sentence in Ihe Note on page 70. L. flavida, Ramb., is apparently
sufficiently distinct to be recognized.
Libellula eyanea
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Harwich (Howe); Woods Hole
Gray); Danvers (Morse).
Connecticut: New Haven (Moore).
Libellula exusta
New Ham7)shire: Squam lake (Allen).
Massachusetts: Framingham (Frost); Winchendon (Johnson); Woods
Hob' (Gray); Amherst (Bromley); Chatham (Howe); West Pea-
body (Morse).
Libellula luctuosa
June 3.
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Danvers, Lynn, West Peabody,
Boxf ord ( Morse ) .
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: New Haven (Vierick) ; Southington (Walden).
Libellula quadrimaculata
Maine: South-west Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Hanover (Britton).
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Swampscott (Walker); Woods
Hole (Gray); Plum Island (Morse).
Libellula semifasciata
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Woods Hole (Gray); Salem,
West Peabody (Morse).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden).
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Libellula pulchella
Maine: Ogunquit (Blair-Smith) .
Massachusetts: Harwich, Wianno, South Chatham, Hyannis (Howe);
Winchester (Atwater) ; Amherst (Bromley) ; Salem (Walker) ;
Forest Hills (Henshaw, Wheeler); Beverly (B. S. N. H.) ; Med-
ford, Watertown (Anderson) ; Woods Hole (Gray) ; West Pea-
body, Danvers (Morse).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: Durham (Zappe) ; West Haven (Britton); Branford
(Vierick); New Haven (Walden); Whitneyville (Buttrick).
Plathemis lydia
May 10 to September 23.
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Andover (B. S. N. H.) ; Cambridge, Waltham (Howe);
Woods Hole (Gray) ; Winchester (Atwater) ; Amherst (Bromley) ;
Forest Hills (Brues) ; Great Barrington (Johnson) ; Lynnfield,
West Peabody, Wenham, Salem, Danvers (Morse).
Connecticut: Branford (Winkley) ; East Haven (Walden).
Perithemis domitia tenera
June 8.
Massachusetts: Winchester (Atwater); South Chatham (Howe); East
Wareham, Amherst (Bromley) ; Woods Hole (Gray) ; West Pea-
body (Morse); Amherst (Taylor); Auburndale (Johnson).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: West Thompson (Vierick); New Haven (Britton);
Whitneyville ( Buttrick ) .
Nannothemis bella
June 7.
Massachusetts: South Chatham (Howe); Amherst (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Wickford (Johnson).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden).
Erythrodiplax berenice
August 28
Massachusetts: Cambridge (Bromley); Woods Hole (Cushman, Gray);
Boston, Revere (B. S. N. H.) ; Plum Island (Morse).
Connecticut: Stratford (Britton); Stonington (Hyslop) ; Short Beach
(Buttrick) .
Erythemis simplicicollis
September 13.
Massachusetts: Harwich, Wianno, Hyannis, South Chatham, Chatham
(Howe); Amherst (Bromley); Woods Hole (Gray); Boston (B. S.
N. H.) ; West Peabody (Morse).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: East Haven (Buttrick).
Pachydiplax longipennis
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); Chatham, Harwich, Brewster
(Howe); West Peabody (Morse).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: New Haven (Walden).
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Maine: Roque Bluffs, South West Harbor, Ashland Junction, Mt.
Desert (Johnson); Chamberlain Lake (Cushman); Ogunquit
(Blair-Smith) .
New Hampshire: Fitzwilliam (Howe); Sunapee (Johnstone); Monad-
nock, Glen House (Johnson).
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Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); Danvers, West Peabody, Salem
(Morse) ; Harwich, Waltham, Brookline, Brewster, Wianno, South
Chatham, Hyannis (Howe) ; Petersham, Blue Hill, Stony Brook,
Forest Hills (Wheeler) ; Salem (Walker) ; Woods Hole (Cush-
man) ; Weston (Paine) ; Winchester (Atwater) ; Amherst (Brom-
ley) ; Weston, Sunderland, West Roxbury, Carlisle (Taylor) ;
Martha’s Vineyard, Brookline, Wellfleet, Auburndale (Johnson).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: South Manchester (Sturgis); Westville, Buttrick (Brit-
ton) ; New Haven (Zappe, Moore, Walden, Vierick) ; Branford.
Westbrook (Vierick) ; Short Beach (Buttrick) ; Stonington
(Hyslop).
* Sides of thorax unmarked.
** Sides of thorax with two yellow dots.
Put after “1. Wings over 25 mm. long.”
Sympetrum obtrusum
Maine: Fryeburg (Harvey) record expunged by Williamson.
Massachusetts: Blue Hills (Wheeler); Woods Hole (Gray).
Sympetrum semicinctum
June 29.
Massachusetts: Heath (Warden); Winchester (Atwater); Amherst
(Bromley); Plum Island (Morse).
Connecticut: Chapinville (Britton).
after ‘‘b. Wings with front margin yellow, 27 mm. long.” read
*Legs marked with yellow.
**Legs entirely black.
Sympetrum costiferum
Massachusetts: Harwich, Wianno, Chatham (Howe); Manomet
(Brooks); Nantucket (Cushman).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Sympetrum vicinum
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson).
New Hampshire: Mt. Monadnock (Johnson); Fitzwilliam, Rindge, Jaf-
frey (Howe); Meredith (Wheeler).
Massachusetts: West Roxbury, Cambridge, Boston (B. S. N. H.) ;
Danvers (Morse); Salem (Walker); Tisbury (Cushman); Mano-
met (Brooks); Petersham, Stony Brook, Blue Hills (Wheeler);
Petersham (Taylor); Cambridge, Ashbrirnham, Brewster, South
Chatham. Chatham (Howe) ; Heath (Warden) ; Winchester (At-
water) ; Amherst (Bromley).
Connecticut: Stonington (Hyslop); New Haven (Vierick).
Leucorrhinia intacta
Maine: Monmouth, Wales (Frost).
New Hampshire: Sunapee (Johnstone); Jaffrey (Johnson).
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray): Amherst (Bromley); Boston
(Henshaw); Blue Hills (B. S. N. H.) ; Salem (Walker); Danvers,
Lynn (Morse); Medford (Anderson); Great Barrington (John-
son).
Rhode Island: Bristol, Washington (Johnson).
Connecticut: Lyme, Mt. Carmel (Walden); New Haven, Lake Whit-
ney (Vierick).
Leucorrhinia gracilis
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
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Leucorrhinia frigida
August 18.
Massachusetts: Woods Hole (Gray); Wenham (Morse); Petersham
(Wheeler).
Connecticut: (C. A. E. S.).
Celithemis elisa
August 23.
Maine: Bar Harbor (Johnson). •
Massachusetts: Plum Island (Morse); Wianno, Chatham, South Chat-
ham, Hyannis, Harwich (Howe) ; Woods Hole (Gray) ; Winches-
ter (Atwater); Bedford (Swett).
Connecticut: Yalesville (Walden); New Haven (Britton).
Celithemis eponina
Massachusetts: Boxford, West Peabody (Morse); East Wareham,
Southwick (Bromley).
Rhode Island: Block Island (Howe).
Connecticut: South Manchester (Sturgis); New Haven (Walden);
Whitneyville (Buttrick).
Celithemis monomelaena
August 20.
Massachusetts: Wianno (Howe).
Celithemis ornata
August 21.
Massachusetts: Hyannis, Harwich, South Chatham, Brewster (Howe);
Blue Hill Reservation (Wheeler).
Tramea Carolina
May 28.
Massachusetts: Amherst (Bromley); Harwich, Block Island (Howe);
Woods Hole (Gray).
Connecticut: Branford (Walden).
Tramea lacerata
Massachusetts: Plum Island, September 10, 1911 (Morse).
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In this latter work, the Connecticut record for Aeschna juncea, page
35, and for Somatochlora elongata var. minor, page 36, have proved to be
errors, and should be expunged.
The author wishes here to thank his students, Messrs. C. W.
Atwater, R. McP. Blair-Smith, C. C. Johnstone, J. O. D. Rose-
crantz, and C. T. R. Bates, for much collecting in the field;
Drs. W. E. Britton and Philip Garman, and Messrs. C. S. An-
derson, F. H. Walker and C. A. Frost, for material supplied,
beside many of those named before, who have continued to
give valuable aid.
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