no. 2192. DRA00NFLIE8. CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA -KENNEDY. 629. 



BEEDLEY, FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 



I spent September 6 collecting on Kings River near Reedley. 

 Nothing was taken except Aeshna multicolor Hagen and Macromia 

 magnifica McLachlan. This is interestmg in bemg the farthest 

 south record for Macromia magnifica in California. 



BAKERSFIELD, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 



Bakei-sfield lies at the southern or head end of the San Joaquin 

 Valley. It is on the Kern River, which is a tributary of the San 

 Joaquin but only in exceptionally wet seasons. At other times the 

 Kern is drained for irrigation shortly after reaching the level valley 

 floor. The collecting was done in the bottoms near the oil field. 

 The species are largely slough forms. 



1. HETAERINA AMERICANA (Fabricius). 



In the willows fringing the river. 



2. ENALLAGMA CARUNCULATUM Morse. 



Common. 



3. ENALLAGMA CYATHIGERUM (Charpentler). 



Several caught. 



4. ISCHNURA CERVULA Selys. 



Common along the irrigation canal. 



5. CELAENURA DENTICOLUS (Burmeister). 



Common along a slough. 



6. ANAX JUNIUS (Drury). 



This species was very abmidant, breeding in the sloughs. It was 

 interesting to observe it about the ponds of black crude oil. Several 

 individuals were caught that had been crippled by brushing their 

 wings in the gummy oil. One female was found with the posterior 

 segments of the abdomen soiled with oil. It was evident that they 

 frequently mistook the glassy surface of these oil ponds for water. 



Across the river, south from the oil field, was an abandoned well 

 beside which was a small pond of fully hardened oil left when the 

 well was deserted. This in portions was almost a continuous mass of 

 dead Anax and water beetles. These were entirely covered with 

 the oil so that I did not at first recognize what it was that caused 

 the odd roughness of the surface as I walked over it. Hundreds 

 and perhaps several thousand had been caught in this small pond. 

 It would seem that Atulx has no very keen sense of smell or these 

 very odoriferous death traps would be avoided. 



MODESTO, MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNLA. 



The following Hst of species was taken by Mr. G. F. Ferris, of 

 Stanford University, in the region of the San Joaquin Valley around 

 Modesto. The elevation is less than 1,000 feet. These were caught 

 during May and June, 1914. The specific localities are Pleasant 

 Valley, Modesto, and Coulterville. 



