578 



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In the male, and probably in the female, the teneral colors are 

 bright yellow and black. This teneral yellow changes to greenish 



335 



BBSS 



^^36 ^^7 ^^38 ^339 



Figs. 329-341.— Octogomphus specularis. 329. Segment 2 of male. 330-331. Male, appendages. 

 332-333. Male, appendages as applied to head of female. 334. Female, seg- 

 ments 9-10. 335. Thoracic color in a Pasadena, Cal., female. 336-339. Vari- 

 ation IN color of segment 9 IN MALE. 340-341. COLOR PATTERN. 



yellow in breeding individuals, and in very old ones fades to a pale 

 gray with scarcely a trace of the green remaining. 



