98 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



32-130 Somatochlora Jranklini Selys. 



On the top of Coliseum 11th July I took 2 females oi franklin i 

 flying with males of 5'. minor. It was not until the 14th that I 

 captured any more, when I got 4 and also four males. On the 15th 

 I took more females, the 16th more males and females, and the 

 17th again females only. I have a good pair in alcohol, but the 

 insects were mostly but passing from the teneral stage, and among 

 the papered specimens the percentage of casualties is regrettably 

 high. I did not take, nor see, any of this species in the valley. 



The wings of the females varied in the tinting considerably, 

 due doubtless to some extent to the period since emerging. The 

 darkest shade is best described a "smoky black." Like all the 

 Somatochloras that I took on the mountain franklini rested fre- 

 quently on spruce, etc., but the fact must not be overlooked that 

 all the mountain specimens of this and the other species were 

 young insects. New to Alberta list. 



16-131 Somatochlora Jmdsonica Hagen. 



At the round slough at Nordegg 19th July I took three males 

 of hudsonica flying with 5. albicincta and C'shurtleffi. Mr. Kennedy 

 points out in his article (referred to above) that my 1916 cap- 

 tures at Red Deer are the only record for this insect, e.xcept 

 the original three types taken 1861 at Ft. Resolution, Hudson 

 Bay territory. The dates of my 1916 captures were given in my 

 prior list, those of 1917 are as follows: Red Deer, 1st July, 3 males 

 at the same "run" of still water north of Gaetz Lake; and the 3 

 males at Nordegg 19th July. In all I have, therefore, taken 13 

 specimens of S. hudsonica, of which only one was a female. The 

 Red Deer and Nordegg insects were of about the same age, ac- 

 countable, of course, to the change from Canadian to Hudsonian 

 zone. Mr. Bowman, wha has studied this point somewhat care- 

 fully in the Lepidoptera, informs me that he finds in the case of 

 most species that occur both on the prairie and in the mountains 

 there will be an average difference in appearance of two to three 

 weeks. 



33-131 Somatochlora minor Calvert. 



July 11th on top of Coliseum, Nordegg, 2 females, flying among 



