SYMPETRUM 233 
Mey ines yellow only at the*rootsu: cco 5.. ho os oe ees gece iT 
Wings yellow to the nodus................ semicinctum, p. 237 
iin ees tore or less yellow. !. eve vee es ee, He 12. 
Jie EEL, 6 £25C Sade yeti eal eben I al ate eeu ee RA ME 6 13. 
Peeubunee entirely: yellow sui. dhs pereilt secs 2 woes vicinum, p. 238 
Tibiae striped with black on the sides........ costiferum, p. 239 
13. Male superior abdominal appendages black........ danae, p. 239 
Male superior appendages yellow or red.......... atripes, p. 240 
210. Sympetrum corruptum Hagen 
Hag. ’61, p. 171: Mtk. Cat. p. 160: Ris ’11, p. 678: Whed. ’14, p. 101: Bethel 
715, p. 119: Kndy. 717. p. 620: Garm. ’27, p. 270. 
Length 41 mm. Expanse 65 mm. . B. C., N. Y. to La. and Tex. 
Face and vertex yellow with a black stripe between. Occiput tawny. Thorax 
tawny, with whitish pubescence; front with 2 parallel whitish stripes, and sides 
with 2 very much broader oblique stripes behind the 2 principle sutures, both 
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illotum 
bordered with blackish at their lower ends. Legs blackish, lined externally with 
yellow, and with the 2 basal segments yellow; tarsi black. Wings hyaline with 
reddish veins and tawny stigma, darker in the middle. Abdomen olivaceous 
with the spots on the sides of segments 3-9 forming a diffuse blackish line, and 
with middorsal black spots on segments 8 and 9. Appendages black. 
It squats on the bare earth of path or roadway much of the time, 
often with the abdomen elevated and the drooping wing tips touching 
the ground. 
“Tt is one of the first dragonflies to appear in the spring, having been re- 
peatedly taken in April’? (Whed. ’14, p. 101). 
211. Sympetrum illotum Hagen 
Hag. ’61, p. 172: Mtk. Cat. p. 161: Ris’11, p. 676: Kndy.’17, p.609: Ndm. ’23, 
p. 130 (as onustum by error): Smn. ’26, p. 37: Byers ’27, p. 71. 
