144 DRAGONFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA 
moss. The eggs thus were laid in the thin seam of moist earth which supported 
the moss. Usually less than half a dozen stabs would be made in one seam when 
she would fly to another and repeat the laying. In two places where tree roots 
hung into the water, females were flushed that were probably ovipositing in 
these. Oviposition was going on as late as 5 o’clock when it was almost twilight 
in the shadier portions of the gorge. 
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In copulation a male usually found a female while she was seated on a vertical 
wall of rock, and picking her off the two would fly away in copulation. This 
usually lasted some time while the pair hung to some live oak bush on the hill- 
side. Pairs did not fly in couple as does Anaz. 




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99. Aeschna arida Kennedy 
Kndy. ’18, p. 298. 
Length 78 mm. Expanse 112 mm. Ariz. 
Face greenish with a narrow line on the fronto-clypeal suture and across the 
base of the labrum. Lateral thoracic pale stripes broad and straight, the first 
one slightly excavated on its anterior margin and narrower in its upper half. 
Each stripe bordered on both edges of its entire length with a wide dark brown 
band. Legs black with the bases of the femora dark brown. Wings hyaline. 
(From Kennedy.) 
100. Aeschna palmata Hagen 
Hag. ’56, p. 369: Mtk. Cat. p. 113: Walk. ’12, p. 157: Kndy.’15, p.329: 717, 
p. 610. 
Length 57 mm. Expanse 89 mm. Pacific Coast 
A smaller species with black feet. Face yellow with a black stripe on the 
fronto-clypeal suture and a black border on the labrum which also has a median 
transverse strip on its upper half. Occiput brownish broadly bordered with 
black. Dorsal thoracic pale stripe rather narrow and separated above into a 
distinct spot. First lateral thoracic pale stripe parallel sided with but a slight 
excavation of the anterior margin. One or two spots between the 2 lateral pale 
stripes. Wings hyaline with black veins; costa brownish, stigma black. 
