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enabled me to distinguish them from hudsojiica, quite apart from 

 the appendages, viz., the impression that the white bands are 

 interrupted dorsally. 



31-129 Somatochlora cingulata Selys. 



At the mountain camp at Nordegg on- the evening of 14th 

 July something flew by over the spring of water that looked like 

 a huge Somatochlora, with pink bands. Next afternoon among the 

 small spruce on the mountain top I was sweeping with my net 

 at a female of franklini at rest on a spruce, when something large 

 settled about a foot away. I diverted the sweep of the net to 

 take the larger fly, for I had a good series of franklini and pre- 

 ferred to settle the identity of the insect. Then I put my arm in 

 the net and drew out my captive, a large Somatochlora with pink 

 bands. The July number of the Can. Ent., \'ol. 'XLIX, containing 

 Mr. Kennedy's article on the cingulata group, had not arrived when 

 I left Red Deer for Nordegg, and the insect was unknown to me. 

 Of course, I realized that the pink bands were probably only 

 teneral colouration, but that, and the identity of the insect could 

 wait, what I must find was a male. But I saw" no more Somato- 

 chlora of the required dimensions that day, nor the next. On the 

 morning of July 17th July (to be my last on the mountain) I found 

 three flying together on the top, close to where I had taken the 

 female, but I seemed out of luck. One I took a risky flying shot 

 at and struck with the rim of the net. It went off into the 

 empyrean. Another I missed at rest on a spruce, at least it did 

 not wait long enough, but thoroughly frightened, also went off 

 into space. The third I stalked, on and off, for three or four hours. 

 It would rest on the small spruce frequently, the long abdomen 

 hanging quite perpendicularly, but never would it give me the 

 chance I desired, and I dare not take a risky shot. At last the 

 moment came. At rest on the extreme tip of a spruce bough 

 and not too high. I crept nearer and nearer; then struck up with 

 maximum speed. I had him at last — yes, a beautiful young male 

 just at his prime. 



During the next two days in the valley below, 4,000 feet, I 

 saw no more of this species. The pair I took are in alcohol. New 

 to Alberta list. 



