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AN ADDITION TO THE ODONATA OF OHIO. 



Rees Philpott. 



The list of dragonflies of Ohio given by Professor Kellicott 

 contained 98 species acttially collected, and mentioned one, 

 Anax longipes Hagen, as having been recognized on the wing 

 in June, 1898, by Chas. Dury, of Cincinnati. 



Records for this species might lead one to believe that it 

 is partial to coast regions. Hagen and Calvert record it from 

 Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, ' Maryland, Georgia, 

 Florida, Mexico, West Indies and Brazil. It is a fact, however, 

 that it has never been reported as common in any region. 



This past summer the author had the good fortune to capture 

 a male of Anax longipes on the wing while at the Lake Labora- 

 tory, at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio. The specimen was taken 

 July 25th, 1913, about half a mile south of the laboratory, midway 

 between Lake Erie and vSandusky Bay, near a small pool of stag- 

 nant water. This capture extends the known distribution of the 

 species westward and suggests the possibility of its presence 

 over a much wider range than actual records would indicate. 



Ohio Wesleyan University. 



A NOTE ON ANAX LONGIPES HAGEN. 



Jas. S. Hine. 



Since Mr. Philpott has taken a specimen of Anax longipes 

 at Sandusky, there can be no further discussion as to whether 

 or not it is a member of the Ohio fauna. 



This large dragonfly has been of much interest to me ever 

 since Dury related his observation of the species at Cincinnati, 

 in June, 1898. I never doubted the correctness of his observation, 

 but as he did not procure the specimen, there was nothing in 

 our collections of the state to convince others. Dury's statement 

 is published in the Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural 

 History, Volume XIX, page 169, and is as follows: "June 2, 

 1898, one of this species was flying over Glen Lake in Spring 

 Grove. I watched it for two hours, and though it came within 

 a few feet of me, I was unable to catch it. It was a very large 

 specimen, the abdomen bright brick red, thorax and eyes green. 

 June 3rd, I went again to this lake, but did not see it until I 

 moved down to Linden Lake, nearly adjoining, when I again 

 saw it, but failed to catch it. Its flight is steady and in regular 



