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yellowish, remainder of legs and feet fuscous. Fore 

 wings yellowish on basal third, space between bases of 

 sectors of arculus and a space below this between sub- 

 median vein and postcosta fuscous, a patch surround- 

 ing nodus, and apex brown ; hind wings like the fore 

 wings except the fuscous below the submedian vein is 

 wider and extends to base and usually in addition a 

 brownish patch near middle of the anal margin. Ab- 

 domen yellowish with fuscous, dorsal band present on 

 6-10. 



Female like the male except the extreme apex of 

 wing is hyaline. I have seen some males also with this 

 character apparent. 



A common form in all sections of the state. 



Libellula pulchella , Drury. 



Length : of abdomen cT 33-35, 9 32 ; hind wings cT 

 40-44, 9 42. 



Male, colors brown, yellowish and fuscous. Front 

 brownish, two yellowish spots behind the eyes. 

 Thorax with two yellowish, lateral bands. Wings, a 

 patch at base, a patch surrounding nodus, and apex 

 fuscous. The basal patch is one fourth or more of the 

 length of the wings and gradually widened distally but 

 at no point touches either costa or posterior margin. 

 Dark markings of hind wings like those of fore wings. 

 Anal margin of hind wings and patches alternating 

 with dark markings on all the wings whitish especially 

 in old specimens. Abdomen with a yellowish longi- 

 tudinal band each side . 



Female similiar to the male, but whitish on the 

 wings may be absent. Old specimens of both sexes are 

 pruinose. 



A common form everywhere during a large part 

 of the summer and autumn. 



