i6o British Dragonjiies. 



Oviposition. 



The female does this apparently b\' dippini^ the tip 

 of her abdomen in the water at random. 



Egg. 



Length just over imm. ; breadth about two-thirds of 

 a millimetre. In shape they are nearly elliptical, and 

 there is a pedicel at one end. Colour \-ello\vish- white. 

 Contents granular. [From specimens extracted from the 

 body of a female taken in the New Forest, August, 

 i8g7, and preserved in spirit.] 



Nymph (Fig. n). 

 According to Mr. L. Cabot this nymph is not to be 

 distinguished from that of C sayi, which he thus 

 describes : " Length 40mm. Head short, broad, l^readth 

 twice the length, sides straight, rounded off behind 

 so that the hind-border in front of prothorax is half 

 the width of fore-border. Vertex flat. Hind-border 

 somewhat indented. Fyes small, round, prominent, 

 placed at forward lateral angles of fore-border of head, 

 with triangular piece projecting inward. Ocelli \isible, 

 especially the lateral ones. Antennae seven-jointed, 

 tapering, slender ; the two basal joints thicker and more 

 rounded ; third longer than second ; joints three to 

 seven form a rather slender seta. Mask large, extending 

 a little be)'ond the middle legs, triangular, contracted 

 behind ; the sides bent up, hollowed back of fore-border, 

 which is prolonged into a bifid tip, surmounted b\' a 

 short hairy comb. Palpus broad, enlarged at inner 

 border and deeply denticulated, the denticulations of the 

 opposite palpi closely fitting into one another. Movable 



