;52 BritisJi Dragouflics. 



Distribution. 



Apparently this insect is very local in the southern 

 half of England. Very few localities have been recorded, 

 but in more than one of these it is described as common. 

 WarivicksJiirc : Sutton Coldfield, common (R. C. Bradley). 

 Staffordshire : Cannock Chase (R. C. Bradley). Lincoln- 

 sJiire : (Stephens). Cmiibridges/iiir : Thorney River 

 (K. J. Morton). Essex: Near ]^2pping, common (H. 

 Doubleday, 1871); Wanstead Park (¥. A. Walker). 

 Middlesex: River Brent (W. J. Ashdown). Surrey: 

 Ockham Common ; near Byfleet, common ; Esher 

 Common, one ; Richmond Park, one (W. J. L.) ; 

 Virginia Water (E. Vincent). Dorsetsliire : (W. H. Bath, 

 "Handbook," p. 81). Ireland: Belfast (R. McLachlan, 

 E. M. M., 1884, p. 255). 



32. Pyrrhosoma nyniphula. 



(Plate XXIII.) 

 Synonymy, 



Libellitla iiyiiiphula, Sulz. Gesch. Ins. t. 24, f 5 

 (1776) ; Pyrrhosoma uympliiila, Kirb\- Syn. Cat. 

 Neur. Odon. 151 (1890). Li bell 11 la ininins, Harr. 

 Expos. Eng. Ins. 97, t. 29, f 1, 2 (1782). 

 Afrrion iiiiiiiuiii, Charp. Hor. P^nt. 13 (1825); Charp. 

 Lib. P:ur. 146, t. 1<S, f 2 (1840); Steph. Illustr. Brit. 

 Ent. Mand. vi. 75, n. 10 (1836): Selys Rev. Odon. 178 

 (1850) ; Mag. luit. Ann. 58 (1857). J\yrrhosoi//a iniiiiniir 

 Evans Brit. Lib. 16, pi. 5, f 3, 4 ^1845): McLach. Cat. 

 Brit. Neur. 17 (1870); Selys Bull. Acad. Belg. (2) xli. 



