PANTALA 251 
237. Paltothemis lineatipes Karsch 
Karsch ’90, p. 362: Mtk. Cat. p. 173: Ris ’13, p. 846. 
Length 50 mm. Expanse 90 mm. S.W. States, Tex. 
This is a fine large reddish, broad-winged species. Face pale, becoming reddish 
with age, including the vertex, especially in the male. Frons bare, shining. 
Thorax thinly clothed with short pale pubescence; collar with erect fringe of 
long whitish hairs. Front of thorax brown; sides with roundish spots of deeper 
brown in front of humeral suture above and below. Rearward on the olivaceous 
sides there are three stripes of brown of very irregular outline, two on the lateral 
(stripes 4 and 5) and a third (confluent below with 5) on the infero-lateral margin, 
abbreviated above. The slightly swollen basal segments of the abdomen are 
pale or rufous dorsally, and blackish ventrally, with narrow cross lines of black 
on the carinae; the slowly widened segments beyond are more extensively 
blackish with basal and apical cross streaks of deeper black; diffluent to front 
and rear towards middle of segments. Segment 10 narrower, partly pale. Ap- 
pendages obscure yellowish brown. 
54. PanTata Hagen 
These are large strong flying dragonflies of brownish coloration 
with an overcast of red when fully mature. The face is pale. The 
thorax is thinly hairy without color pattern. The wings are broad at 
base and pointed at apex with trapezoidal stigma; the markings are 
restricted to the base of the hinder pair. The abdomen is moderately 
swollen at base and there are extra transverse carinae upon segments 
2-5. The wings are extremely broad at the base and pointed at the 
apex. Veins M; and R, are very strongly undulate. Vein M, at its 
outer curvature bends sharply towards M;. The straight portion of 
vein M; at the base is very strong and borders a long patella cell, 
and the adjacent anal border is richly veined. 
The nymphs of this genus are smooth and depressed with very wide 
head and laterally prominent eyes. The abdomen has long, lateral 
spines and no dorsal hooks. The superior abdominal appendages are 
as long as the inferiors. 
Nymphs 
Species Length Lateral setae | Mental setae Described by 
hymenea 28 15 16 Kndy. ’23, p. 37 
flavescens 26 12-14 15 Cabot ’90, p. 43, 
KEY TO THE SPECIES 
Adults 
1 Wings with a brown spot at the anal angle..... hymenea, p. 252 
Wings with no distinct brown spot at the anal angle........... 
SON ARDS e's kas Omi PR alba ote ec aah ater aici nae flavescens, p. 252 
