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British Dragonflies. 



Egg:. 



In colour pale \-cllo\v ; in shape long and c}-lindrical, 

 one end being rounded and the other coming more to a 

 point. This latter end was inserted in a kind of very 

 thin calyx, formed of more or less hexagonal cells, which 

 also came to a point, apparently of attachment. Probably 

 this calyx did not really belong to the egg. Granulated 

 in appearance, due no doubt to the contents. Length, 

 r6mm. ; breadth ■3mm. [Extracted from the dead bod}' 



Fig. 36. — AxAL Angle of Male Hixd-avixg. 



I, ^'Eschna juncea. 2, .-Eschna mixta. d., Accessory membrane. 



of a female caught on Ockham Common, September ii, 

 1897: it contained a large number of eggs.] (Fig. 4 

 No. 8.) 



Nymph. 



Length, 33mm. ; breadth, 7mm. .Similar to .-Ji. cvouca. 

 Body shorter, and stouter in proportion. Head flatter. 

 Eyes larger and more jjrominent, separated from occiput 

 by nearly straight line. Vertex more in the same plane 

 with the eyes. Occiput shorter and straightcr behind. 

 Bands on hind angles less marked ; color gra)-ish ; a 



