Reputed British Species. 3 1 1 



(1873, p. 452), Mr. C. S. Gregson says that in the 

 Delamere Forest neighbourhood Lcstes viridis was 

 plentiful : this, of course, must be a case of mistaken 

 identity. It may be recognised by the large bright 

 russet pterostigma and the whitish-yellow upper anal 

 appendages of the male. 



6. Lestes virens. Charp. — One specimen was in 

 Stephens' collection, and is now in the British Museum ; 

 it was said to have been taken in the New Forest. A 

 second specimen " was recorded from Leach's collection " 

 (McLachlan, E. M. M., 1884, p. 254), or from Stephens' 

 (Hagen Ent. Ann., 1857, p. 57). Mr. H. Doubleday also 

 recorded it from Epping (E. M. M., 1871, p. 87). Mr. 

 Doubleday told Mr. McLachlan that Stephens' specimens 

 were, he believed, taken by himself at Epping, and 

 that Stephens afterwards confounded the localities. In 

 his "British Dragonflies Annotated," in E. M. M., 1884, 

 pp. 251-256, Mr. McLachlan says: "In placing L. virens 

 in this category [i.e. of species whose British origin is 

 doubtful) I am aware that a doubt is cast upon the late 

 Henry Doubleda}-'s discrimination, owing solely to the 

 great difficulty that often attends the determination of 

 the species of Lcstes. I never saw Mr. Doubleday's 

 Dragonflies, and it is possible that had I seen them in 

 1 87 1, I might then have arrived at no satisfactory 

 conclusion with regard to L. vircnsT The species may 

 be recognised by the presence on the under side of the 

 thorax of three tiny black spots on each side to the 

 rear of the hind-legs. 



7. Lestes barbara., Fabr. The only claim this insect 

 has to a position on the British list is the presence of a 



