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was not charadraea. That evening I rode to the creek again, 

 a total of about 55 miles traveled that day, but in the last 

 hour or two before dark I failed to catch a glimpse of 

 Somatochloras. I slept that night in Settlemeyer's barn and 

 in the morning followed the sun's first rays into the Sim- 

 mers' woods. Twice I got good though distant views of the 

 Soinatochlora. He would drop down from over the trees, 

 pass along the creek for a short distance, and leave like 

 a flash. Then an hour passed and no sign of him. As I 

 stood in the creek near where I had caught charadraea the 

 Sunday before, planning my next trip after the wretch that 

 was making the glorious Independence Day a mockery, 

 there was a flash over a large red haw tree and in the same 

 -breath the net got him as he started to rise in passing me. 

 And this one was 5". lincaris. Wallace somewhere tells of 

 a headache which seized him when a butterfly slipped to 

 freedom from his fingers. Waking and sleeping I had seen 

 this dragonfly for nearly forty-eight hours, and my emotions 

 I believe were as intense. On subsequent trips to the creek 

 I failed to see any Somatochloras. 



The colors of charadraea are as described in Ent. News, 

 January, 1907, with the following notes: 



Labrum largely brown, greenish or paler at center, clypeus brown, 

 lighter at center below to meet pale on labrum; frons in front, below 

 metallic area, brown ; no yellow on vertex. On abdominal segment 2 

 an additional small yellow spot above the yellow of the genital lobe. 



Eyes nile green, brilliant. Yellow markings chrome yellow, tend- 

 ing to gamboge. 



The living colors of lincaris may be briefly described as 

 follows : 



Labrum yellow ; face brown, clypeus paler at center ; frons obscure 

 yellowish on either side against the eyes, above and slightly in front 

 metallic dark blue; vertex and occiput dark, nearly black; eyes bril- 

 liant nile green; rear of eyes pale, brown. 



Thorax metallic without other color excepting the sclerite between 

 the front wings which is pale lemon. Legs black, brown at base. 



Abdomen black, segment i brown above ; a large rounded pale yel- 

 low spot at base of genital lobe ; lower lateral margins of 3 and 4 

 edged with gray ; small lateral basal yellow spots on 5-8, all about 

 the same size, most distinct and bright on 6 and 7, dullest and smallest 

 on 8 ; a hint of lateral basal spots on 3, large but dully colored and ill 

 defined. 



