THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 47 



Order ODONATA 



Aeshnidae. Dragon flies 

 GOMPHTJS Leaeli 



G. ExiLis Selys. Witch Hole Pond ; Bar Harbor, June 6-July 



30. Common about the shores of ponds. 

 G. spicATUs Hagen. Witch Hole Pond ; Bar Harbor, June 11- 



July 30. Same habitat as above. 



GoMPHAESCHNA Selys 



G. FURCiLLATA Sav. Prcfcrs to ''hawk" along roads adjacent 

 to ponds. Breakneck to Witch Hole road, June 7. Common. 



BoYEEiA McLachlan 



B. viNOSA Say. They fly up and down woodland brooks. Seal 

 Cove Brook, Sept. 8. 



Anax Leach 



A. JUNIUS Drury. Various places back of south shore of the 

 island in September. Hatched in laboratory Aug. 28. 



Aeschna Fabricius 



A. umbrosa Walk. Frequents shady brooks. Bar Harbor, 

 Aug. 10; N. E. Harbor, Sept. 6 (Merrill). Bubble Br., Oct 1. 



A. interrupta Walk. Witch Hole, Oct. 10. 



A. CLEPSYDRA Say. On most swamps from June 15 to Sept. 

 Bar Harbor, Aug. 16. 



A. canadensis Walk. Its habitat is the marsh from June 15. 

 Bar Harbor, Aug. 16. 



CoKDULEGASTER Leach 



C. MACULATus Selys. Another form that patrols streams. Out- 

 let Eagle Lake ; Bubble Brook, June 16, July 20. 



C. DiASTATOPS Selys. On all the streams during the warm 

 weather. S. W. Harbor, June 20. 



