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segment of the antennae is nearly round in the former, very 

 elongate in the latter. The rest are included in four families 

 of the dragon flies. The Aeschnidae and Gomphidae have a flat 

 mask that does not cover the face. The former have six- or 

 seven- join ted slender antennae; the latter, four- jointed stout 



FIG. 426. Nymphs of the dragon flies: a, Anax; 

 After Needham. 



, Aeschna; c, Boyeria. 



antennae. The Cordulegasteridae and the Libellulidae have a 

 mask that is spoon-shaped and that covers the face. The teeth 

 on its opposing edges in the former are large, acute, and inter- 

 locking; in the latter they are rounded. Family Aeschnidae 

 includes of those mentioned above, 

 Anax, Aeschna, and Boyeria, the 

 nymphs of which have respectively 

 three, four, and five pairs of lateral 

 spines on the sides of the abdomen 

 (Fig. 426). Family Gomphidae includes 

 Progomphus, Diastatomma, Hagenius, 

 Dromogomphus, and Gomphus. In Progomphus the middle pair 

 of legs are set closer to each other than are the forelegs, in the 

 others at least as far apart as the forelegs, in Hagenius farther 

 apart. Hagenius also has more than four pair of lateral spines, 

 the others not over four pair. The tenth or last abdominal 

 segment of Diastatomma narrows posteriorly, while that of 



FIG. 427. Head of horned 

 da,ce,Semotilns atromaculatus. 



