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if rejoiced at its success. While thus engaged, a wing 

 of the buttei'fl)' — or part of one — was let fall, and 

 cyaiica settled on the hedge, where it appeared to be 

 further stripping its captive. Shortly after the Dragonfly 

 was captured in its turn, when the body of the butterfly 

 was found still between its jaws. But it is, of course, not 

 at all an uncommon thing for one of the larger 

 Dragonflies to capture a butterfly, whose wings it 

 removes in a very workman-like manner. 



Distribution. 



In the British Isles, this Dragonfly seems to have a 

 decidedly southern range. It has not been recorded from 

 Ireland, and its occurrence in Scotland seems to need 

 confirmation, though De Selys mentions it as present 

 ("Revue," p. ii6), and J. Mackay records it for Argyll- 

 shire (" Young Naturalist," Vol. viii.. p. i8oj. Localities 

 are : Yorkshire : York (W. C. Hey) ; Thorne (G. T. 

 Porritt). Westmoreland : Langdale (J. J. F. X. King). 

 Cheshire : Chester District (J. Arkle). Hiinti)igdonsJiire : 

 Monk's Wood (K. J. Morton). Cambridgeshire : The 

 Fens (K. J. Morton) ; Ely (W. J. Ashdown). ]Vorces- 

 tersJiire : Near Worcester (J. E. Fletcher); Bromsgrove 

 (W. H. Bath) ; Trench Woods (R. C. Bradley). War- 

 zoiekshire : Sutton Park (R. C. Bradley). Devonshire : 

 (Evans Brit. Lib., p. 21). ^V(:;///tv'i'r/5////r / Near Spark ford 

 (W. J. L.). Hampshire: Bournemouth (W. J. L.). 

 Isle of Wight: Near Ryde (S. A. Blinkarn) ; New 

 Forest (Evans Brit. Lib., p. 21). Berkshire: Bagley 

 Wood, near Oxford (W. J. L.) ; Reading (A. H. Hamm). 

 Su7-rey : Purley (W. L. Distant) ; Kingston-on-Thames, 

 Chertsey, Esher Common, and near Claygate (W. J. L.) ; 



