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state they do not at all times aflfect the sides of rivers^ ponds, and marshy 

 places, but are to be met with in woods, lanes, and on the barren heath 

 and bleak down. 



Agrion elegans, Van. Lin. — Very frequent near Lewes. 



Agrion Puella, Lin. — Of frequent occurrence near the Stream Winterbourne 

 and elsewhere round Lewes* it is somewhat variable in colour. 



Agrion furcatum, Charp. — I have taken this pretty species in the Lewes 

 levels very commonly. 



Agrion rufescens, LeacJi. — Kingston and Landport, near Lewes: not un- 

 common. 



Pyrrhosoma minium, Gharp. — Abundant round the neighbourhood of Lewes, 

 varying much in the brightness of colour. 



Platycneinis platypoda, $ Van. Lin. — I captured one specimen on the 

 Downs near the town in July, 1849. 



Calepteryx virgo, r^ ^ Lin. — Very common on the banks of the ^'Cut" 

 and the Eiver Ouse towards Barcombe Mill. 



Calepteryx Ludoviciana, Leach. — Equally abundant as the preceding species, 

 frequenting the same localities. 



Calepteryx haemorrhoidalis. — I possess specimens which I captured near 

 Horsham in 1849, and for some time I considered them only varieties of G. 

 Ludoviciana, until a friend pointed out to me their distinction. 



Calepteryx anceps, Stephens. — This species I also took near Horsham in 

 1849. No doubt a common insect, but easily overlooked from its close 

 resemblance to the female of G. hcBmorrhoidalis; however, upon comparison, 

 it is readily distinguished by the wings being of closer texture, and the 

 neuration different. 



Anax formosa. Van. Lin. — In the neighbourhood of Uckfield I once 

 captured this fine and elegant species. 



^shna grandis, Lin. — This fine species is not uncommon in the neighbourhood. 

 I have taken both sexes; the female may be known by the wings being of 

 a deeper yellow, 



jEshna maculatissima, Latreille. — I have never met with this beautiful 

 insect but at Uckfield and Newick, frequenting the margins of woods. It is 

 one of the large species so difficult of capture from its strong and rapid 

 flight. It will occasionally alight, but, being an extremely nervous and shy 

 insect, will not suffer you to approach it in this position. 



Brachytron vernalis. Van. Lin. — Of very frequent occurrence, and may be 

 easily taken on a dull day in early summer in lanes, resting on the leaves 

 of bushes: a very handsome species, pretty constant in its colour and markings. 



Gomphus vulgatissimus, Lin. — Rare: I captured one specimen on the Sussex 

 Downs in 1846, and another at rest on a hawthorn in Love lane, in Lewes, 

 in 1851; these are the only examples I have seen, 



Cordulia aenea, $ Lin. — I possess a specimen which was captured near 

 Horsham in June, 1846, 



