I 30 BrltisJi Dragojiflics. 



number of instances and records that have come under 

 my notice are : Middlesex : Lee cla}-pits by l^urnt Ash 

 Lane (R. McLachlan). Surrey : Ockham Common (C. A. 

 Briggs) ; a brick-field at Merton (J. S. Brocklesby) ; 

 near a brick-field, New Maiden (W. J. L.) ; near 

 Byflect (F. A. Walker)."^ S/fsse.v : Near Liphook 

 (W. J. L.). On July 26, 1896, I for a long time 

 watched in Richmond Park, but could not capture 

 what, from the black appearance of the extremity of 

 its abdomen, appeared to be a male of this species. 

 Evans (1845), on Stephens' authoritx', sa\'s this species 

 is found in Kent. Batht gives as localities without 

 mentioning authorities : Croydon canal ; marshes near 

 Crayford and Dartford ; Horning and Fakenham in 

 Norfolk ; Whittlesea Mere ; Abbey Meadows, Kilburn ; 

 Peckham ; Oak of Honour Wood. , 



12. Somatochlora metallica, Lind. 



(Plate VIII.) 

 Synonymy. 



Libellula inetalliea, Lind. Mon. Lib. luir. 18 (1825); 

 Charp. Lib. Eur. 94, t. 15 (1840I ^lisclina iiietidlica, 

 Charp. Hor. Ent. 59 (1825). Cord/i/ia metalliea, Stcph. 

 Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 89 ( 1836J ; .Sel\'s Mon. Lib. 

 hLur. 64 (1840); (?) PLvans I^rit. Lib. 24, ])1. 15, f 1 

 (1845); Selys Rev. Odon. 69 (1850,); ILig. l^nt. Ann. 

 47 (1^57)- Epitlieca metallica, Selys J-5ull. Acad. Belg. 



'^Identified hv descri|)tioii onlv. | •■ I I.mdlxiok," p. 40. 



