ARGIA 295 
from one-third to over one-half the length of the segment; about five-sixths of 7. 
Segments 8-10 blue on the dorsum with the sides black. 
Female.—Head and thorax similar to the male. Abdomen pale black as 
follows; a pair of reduced dorso-lateral spots on 2; apical third of the dorsum 
of 3-6, and reduced postbasal streaks, not united with the apical black on 3-5, 
narrowly so on 6; segment 7 with a pair of dorso-lateral postbasal streaks but 
no apical black. Segments 8-10 entirely blue. 
280. Argia fumipennis (Burmeister) 
The Smoky-winged Argia 
Burm. ’39, p. 819: Mtk. Cat. p. 47: Garm. ’17, p. 506. 
Syn: obscura Ramb. 
Length 33 mm. Expanse 41 mm. Ga., Ky. to Fla. 
This dark brown Argia is very common in the southeast where it can be easily 
collected from all types of environments. 
Male.—Color obscure brown and black. Head dark brown and buff, with a 
black bar through the ocellar area, and the hind margins of the postocular area 
black. Dorsum of the prothorax and the sides of the median lobe narrowly black. 
Black middorsal thoracic stripe not quite as wide as the paler antehumeral, 
which latter is about as wide as the irregular humeral dark stripe. Abdominal 
segments 1-7 dark on the dorsum, sides lighter. Dorsum of 8-10 bluish-green, 
sides black. Wings uniformly dark smoky brown like those of Agrion maculatum 
or a little lighter. 
Female.—Similar to the male. Dorsum of abdominal segments 8-10 dark 
sides paler. Segment 10 pale. 
281. Argia hinei Kennedy 
Kndy. ’18, p. 258. 
Length 31 mm. Expanse 42 mm. Calif. and Ariz. 
Male.—Labium and the rear of the head pale; labrum, face and the top of 
the head violet. A black bar through the ocelli; postocular areas edged pos- 
teriorly with black. Prothorax violet with a median dorsal stripe and a lateral 
stripe on each side of it, black. Thorax violet with the mid-carina edged with 
pale. The middorsal black stripe slightly wider than the pale antehumeral 
stripe. Black humeral stripe one-third as wide as the mesepimeron, forked in 
its posterior third. Third lateral suture narrowly black. Abdomen with segments 
1-7 violet, segments 8-10 blue, with the following black markings: a dorso-basal 
hinet immunda 
spot on 1; narrow apical rings on segments 2-7; segment 2 with a lateral stripe 
not reaching the apical edge; segments 3-5 with a spot covering the apical fourth 
of the sides, the pairs on segments 4-6 confluent on the middle line; a small 
