14 Britisli Dragoufiics. 



On July 24, 1898, a pair of PyrrJiosoma nymphula 

 were noticed near Eshcr, in Surrey, flying connected 

 per coll. Presently the female settled on a floating leaf 

 of Potanwgcton, while the male poised itself on the 

 wing with its body vertical. The female was then 

 noticed to be moving the extremity of her abdomen 

 along the upper surface of the leaf. This was picked, 





Fig. 3. — iEscHNA guandis Ovipositing. 



and after careful search, when somewhat withered, the 

 eggs were found below the upper cuticle (Fig. 2). 

 In the New Forest, on August 4, 1898, a pair of 

 Platycncinis pciinipcs, united per coll., were seen resting 

 on a yellow water-lily blossom, and the female was 

 moving the anal extremity of her abdomen along the 



