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returning continual!}- to the same spot, where it settles, 

 often on the bare ground, after a short but exceedingly 

 rapid flight. It is ver}' restless and easily startled, 

 yet, strange to say, on one occasion a male came and 

 cautiously settled on ni}' hand, where I caught it by 

 the wing. When thoroughly startled, this Dragonfly 

 often soars away to a great height. Ver\^ late in the 

 season it becomes sluggish, and may be almost taken 

 b}' the hand. 



Distribution. Zcrmtnoiy 

 This Dragonfl}' is well distributed throughout the 

 British Isles, but, being a common one, records of its 

 occurrence are not as plentiful as one might desire. 

 hiverncss-sJiirc : Strathglass (J. J. F. X. King). 

 Argyllshire : Island of Coll (J. J. F. X. King). Isle of 

 Man: Sulb\- ('H. Shortridge-Clarke). Westmoreland: 

 Langdale (J. J. F. X. King). Cheshire: Delamere 

 Heaths (J. Arkle). Ciernarvonshire : Heaths (J. Arkle) ; 

 Abersoch (J. Arkle). Merionethshire : Barmouth (R. C. 

 Bradley). Woreestershire : Xear Worcester (J. E. 

 Fletcher) ; Trench Woods (W. H. Bath). Wari.nek- 

 shire : Sutton Coldfield (R. C. Bradley). Oxfordshire: 

 Shotover Hill (A. H. Hamm; ; Brighthampton (Mr. 

 Stone, in Oxford Museum;. Berkshire: Xear Eynsham 

 and Godstow, near Oxford, near Kennington (W. J. L.) ; 

 Wokingham and near Bagley Wood (A. H. Hamm). 

 Bnekinghanishire : Marlow ( H. Bell-Marley). Candvidge- 

 shire : Chippenham Fen (R. C. Bradley); Wicken Fen 

 (G. T. Porrittj. Essex : Epping (H. Doubleday) ; 

 Colchester (W. H. Harwood) ; Wanstead Park {V. A. 

 Walker I. Kent: Deal and Dover District (C. G. Hall); 



