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17. C. Curtisii, Dale; Steph. ; Curtis, pi. 616; Revue, 

 p. 77. 



Length 20 lin. ; exp. 30 lin. 



Habitat England, local ; (New Forest). 



Bronzed-green, face of the ground colour ; abdomen 

 cylindrical ( $ ) or compressed ( ? ), with dorsal yel- 

 low spots; anal appendages of the male sub-cylindric, 

 with an internal spine at the base, the lower a little 

 emarginate at the end ; vulvar scale short and rounded. 



Second division. Lower lip larger than the palpi. 

 Third sub-family. Eyes not contiguous, or 



scarcely so. GOMPHINA. 



A. Eyes remote, lower lip rounded at the tip. 



Genus Gomphus, Leach. 



18. G. vulgatissimus, L. ; Revue, p. 82; Steph.; Curtis. 



Evans, pi. 14, f. 1. 



Length 22 lin. ; exp. 28 lin. 



Habitat England ; local. Ireland. 



Thorax yellow, with six straight broad black stripes; 

 abdomen black, with a dorsal yellow stripe, not ex- 

 tending beyond the seventh segment; costal nervure 

 black outwardly ; legs black; anal appendages of the 

 male cylindrical, suddenly pointed, the lower with the 

 branches wide apart ; vulvar scale cleft in the apical 

 half. 



19. G. flavipes, Charp. ; Steph., pi. 30 ; Revue, p. 84. 

 Length 24 lin. ; exp. 33 lin. 



Habitat England (Hastings in August). A single 

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