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PHILIP P. CALVEKT. 



36. Gomphiis niiiiiitus Eambur. 



G. m. Ramb., lus. Nevr., p. 161, 1842. Selys, Mod. Goniph.. p. 155, pi. 9, fig. 3, 



1858. 



Pale green or yellow. Vertex brown. Hind margin of occiput decidedly con- 

 vex. Brown predominating on thorax. Thorax and abdomen similar to exilis 

 in coloring. A character upon which stress was originally laid by de Selys— 

 that the sides of the thorax were mostly yellowish, with two brown bands — is 

 not constant. 



% (not seen by the writer). Sup. app. with a strong, acute, submedian. inferior 

 tooth. 



9 . Vulvar lamina very short, hardly bilobed, lobes much wider than long. 



Abd. % 35, 9 35-37. H. w. % 28, 9 30-32. 



One female, Phila., July 1, S. F. Aaron (A. E. S.). One female, 

 Phila., June 22, 1893, C W. Johnson (C). 

 Pennsylvania, Georgia. 



37. Ooniplius pla^iatus Selys. 



G.p. Selys, Bull. Ac. Brux. xxi, pt. 2, p. 57, 1854; (2) xlvi, p. 465, 1878. 



Olive-green. Brown predominating on thoracic dorsum so as to leave a narrow 

 antehuineral stripe, notably divergent from above downwards from its fellow of the 

 opposite side, and the mid-dorsal carina yellow (teneral) or green ; sides pale, a 

 line in front of the metastigma and on the second lateral suture, brown. Ab- 

 domen long, 1-6 brown with a pale green mid -dorsal spot or stripe, 7-10 yellowish. 



%. Hind margin of occiput slightly convex. Sup. app. without teeth, apex 

 obliquely truncated (when viewed from above), the acuter angle on the inner side, 

 usually no tubercle at the outer (obtuse) angle. Inf. app. one-fourth shorter. 



9- Hind margin of occiput straight. Vulvar lamina very short, less than one- 

 tenth of 9, emarginated in the middle, tips on either side of emarginatiou acute. 



Abd. % 40-45, 9 44-49. H. w. % 32-35, 9 35.5-37. 



One Z one 9 , Fairmount Park, P. Laurent, C. W. Johnson ; 

 one I one 9 , Phila., P. Nell; one % , Folsom, Del. Co., Pa., July 

 17, 1886, P. P. Calvert (C). 



Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, 

 Texas (A. E. S.). 



38. Goiuphus villosipes Selys. 



G. V. Selys, Bull. Ac. Brux. xxi, pt. 2, p. 53, 1854; (2) xlvi, p. 457, 1878. 



Yellowish green. Hind margin of occiput with a median conical tubercle. 

 Green predominating on the thorax, but with the following brown : a submedian, 

 an antehumeral and a longitudinally-divided humeral stripe, and sometimes some 

 lines on the sides. Abdomen dark brown, 1-7 with a mid-dorsal yellowish green 

 spot or stripe, 10 yellowish, 



% . Sup. app. without teeth, apex obliquely truncated when viewed from above, 

 the acuter angle on the inner side and prolonged into a spine, which is bent 

 somewhat inwards, a rounded tubercle at the outer (obtuse) angle. Legs mostly 

 black. 



