Q2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



Tribe II. /ESCHNINA. 

 Subfamily 3. yEscHNiNA. 



17. sEschna {Basics schna) Janata Say. Reported from Col- 

 lege collection, but taken this season, July 6th and I2th, Orono 

 and Chemo Stream. 



41. sEschna (Fonscolombia) vinosa Say. July i2th and 28th, 

 two females taken on window-screen in the evening. They seemed 

 to be attracted by the light. 



Subfamily 4. GOMPHINA. 



22. Gomphus exilis Selys. Reported from College collection, 

 but taken this season in abundance at Orono along the border 

 of woods, June 2Oth. 



23. Gomphus spinosus Selys. Reported from College collec- 

 tion, but taken June I5th this season at Orono over a swamp. 



42. Gomphus brevis Selys. June 2oth; border of woods, 

 and 9 One specimen, , differs from the type by being larger; 

 absence of the small tooth at the rear of the eye near the occiput; 

 the pterostigma dark brown instead of pale yellow, and the an- 

 terior femora entirely black instead of yellow below on the mid- 

 dle. Mr. Calvert, to whom the specimens were referred, says: 

 " They differ somewhat from the original description, but as this 

 was drawn up from a single $ from Schoharie, N. Y. , and a 

 single 9 (with the last 7 abdominal segments wanting) from 

 Port Neuf, Canada, the differences are perhaps only those of in- 

 dividuals." There is a single of this species in the collection 

 of the late Anson Allen, of Orono, Me., but the exact locality is 

 not given. This species is closely related to the following species 

 which was taken along with it and G. exilis the same day at the 

 same locality. 



43. Gomphus abbreviatus Hagen. June 2oth, back of college 

 woods. Several males and females; associated with the above. 

 Orono, Me. 



44. Cordulegaster maculatus Selys. June nth. Very abun- 

 dant over Sunk Haze Stream, Greenfield, Me. The specimens 

 were nearly all males, only one female was taken. They were fol- 

 lowing the stream up and down, and by our wading to the middle 

 in a shallow place, were readily taken. 



