June, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. IQ5 



July under this head. The variety has not been noticed 

 among my specimens. 



Sympetrum illotum (Hagen). 



Two females and one male were taken at Victoria, July 17, 

 '01. Mr. Anderson took a single male at Shawnigan Lake. 

 The species has been previously recorded for British Columbia. 

 Taken also at Seattle, Wash., July 14, '01. The British Col- 

 umbia and Washington specimens all seem to belong to the 

 type form of the species. 



Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen). 



Mr. Currie found this species common at Kaslo in the Koote- 

 nay District from June 7 to July 2, '03, both sexes taken, 22 

 specimens in all. One male was also taken at Loon Lake, July 

 n, '03. 



Mesothemis simplicicollis Say var. collocata Hagen. 



Common about Victoria July 17, '01 and July 19, '02. On 

 both of these dates it was taken pairing and observed oviposit- 

 ing. Also a pair taken in coitu at Langford Lake, July 20, '02. 



Ladona Libellula Julia (Uhler). 



Needham (Aquatic Insects in the Adirondacks, pp. 528-30) 

 has recently re-separated Libellula exusta into the three original 

 species : exusta Say, deplanata Ramb., andjidia Uhler, on what 

 seems to be a safe basis. At Langford Lake on July 20, '02, a 

 number of specimens of both sexes were taken, and Mr. Ander- 

 son has sent me a male from Shawnigan Lake. These I can 

 say without hesitation all belong tojulia, as Needham indicates 

 the species, agreeing exactly with specimens from North Dakota 

 and Ohio. L. exusta has been recorded for British America, 

 Vancouver Island and Washington, but these records were 

 made while the species was in the undifferentiated condition, so 

 to speak, and it seems probable that if they could be analyzed 

 they would all be found to refer to Julia. 



An interesting habit of this species was observed at Langford 

 Lake. Late in the afternoon many were found in woodland on 

 high ground above the Lake resting on stones with the wings 

 outspread against the side of the rock. When one was dis- 



