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russet. This variety is parallel with the orange variety 

 of /. clcoaus. Like that insect also, /. pnutilio \-aries 

 considerabl)' in size. 



Nymph. 



In "Science Gossip," September, 1894, Mr. \V. H. 

 Nunney sa}'s that the n}-mph resembles that of 

 /. clcgans, but that it has six hairs (five in figure) on 

 the palpus, while clcgans has eight. He adds further 

 that the caudal lamellae are more elliptical, that the 

 apex makes an angle of about 35deg., and that one 

 margin only is hair)-. 



Date. 



This Dragonfly should be looked for from June to 

 September. 



Distribution, 



As a British insect this species seems to be lost at 

 the present time, for no locality can be given where 

 it ma\- now be found. Ikit being so small, and re- 

 sembling so closel}' /. clcgaus (especially small examples 

 of the latterj and even E. uaias, it may be easily 

 passed over, considering also that Neuropterists are so 

 few that but little of the surface of the British Isles 

 can have been covered by them. This interesting little 

 Dragonfl}' is therefore probably still with us, and diligent 

 search should be made for it, particularly in the south 

 of England and in Ireland. It is really a southern 

 insect, but has been found at a considerable elevation, 

 e.g., by Mr. AIcLachlan, at the S. Gothard Hospice, 

 about 6500ft. above sea-level. A few localities have 



