GOMPHUS 99 
= Siripes 2’and 3 fused in'the middler.v. "oi. 200% Ee es 4, 
Stripes 2 and 3 separate in the middle......... intricatus, p. 99 
Ae mourMee woated below? .. 2b <-.414 eas tis mete oats olivaceous, p. 99 
Stripe Pfused with 2 at collar: . 27 70.60.-.000% notatus, p. 100 
46. Gomphus intricatus Hagen 
Hag. ’58, p. 418: Mtk. Cat. p. 94: Kndy. ’17, p. 550 (figs.). 
Length 41 mm. Expanse 58 mm. Tex. to Mo. to Calif. 
A small yellowish species with black feet. Face and occiput yellow. Thoracic 
stripes of the first pair well separated at the carina, and rather widely diverging 
forward, and narrower than the adjacent yellow areas, the truncate lower ends 
parallel with the collar. Stripe 2 free at its lower end, not reaching collar, but 
touching crest above, and tapering to both ends, wider than 3 and separated 
therefrom by a yellow stripe its own width. Stripes 4 and 5 obsolete except for 
a trace of 4 below the level of the spiracle. Wings hyaline, costa yellow. Legs 
yellow with black feet, black sides to the tibiae and a line on the sides of the 
femora at the knees. Abdomen more yellow than black, the black being mainly 
restricted to two pairs of large spots on the sides of each of the middle abdominal 
segments. Appendages yellow, their tips black. 
47. Gomphus olivaceous Selys 
Selys ’73, p. 749: Mtk. Cat. p. 95: Kndy. 17, p. 557. 
Var: nevadensis Kndy. 
Length 56 mm. Expanse 72 mm. Calif. and Neb. 
This is a pale olivaceous black-footed species. Face and occiput yellow. 
Thoracic stripe of the first pair narrow, widened below to collar, confluent above 
LO 
intricatus 
with 2 at the crest; stripe 2 broader, narrowly separated from 3 below, more 
olivaceus 
broadly by a pale yellow triangle above, next to crest; stripes 4 and 5 wanting. 
Legs blackish beyond the knees and on upper surface of femora. Wings hyaline; 



