150 tJ^iy- 



When I last wrote on the species I had not seen the ? . Accord- 

 ing to an example from Dr. Ris it is, as usual, rather larger than the 

 ^ : the plates or appendages of the Hth ventral segment are short- 

 oval, very much shorter and smaller than in P. conspersa, thus corre- 

 lated with the short inferior appendages of the (J . 



Lewisham, London : 



June 8th, 1900. 



ODONATA OF EAST SUSSEX. 

 BY THE RET. E. N. BLOOMFIELD, M.A., F.E.S. 



The principal source of the following list is ^^ Libellulince ob- 

 served in Sussex, chiefly in the neighbourhood of Lewes," by W. C. 

 TJnwin, " Naturalist," 1853, pp. 71—73. Another list, also by Mr. 

 Unwin, is given in Mrs. Merrifield's ".Sketch of the Natural History 

 of Brighton and its Vicinity," 1864. This list is almost the same as 

 the preceding, Mrs. Merrifield having included, in her Brighton dis- 

 trict, Lewes on the east, and Shoreham, &c., on the west. 



The only other records, so far as I am aware, are in the " Natural 

 History of Hastings and St. Leonards and the Vicinity," with its 

 Supplements, and Mr. Lucas' " British Dragon-flies." I have, how- 

 ever, been favoured with notices from Messrs. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., 

 E. A. Butler, F.E.S., M. Burr, F.Z.S., and E. Connold. Mr. McLach- 

 lan, F.R.S., has sent me a notice of two species taken near Eye in 

 August, 1898, by Lieut.-Col. Irby, and Mr. Butler has furnished me 

 with the observations of Miss E. M. Sotheby, which are embodied in 

 the Hastings List, First Supplement, 1883. To these I can add a few 

 of my own. 



Mr. J. H. A. .Tenner, F.E.S., of Lewes, has in his collection some 

 of Mr. Unwin's specimens, among them are Cordulia cenea^ Gomphus 

 vulgaiissimus, Cordulegaster annulatus, Anax imperator, Brachytron 

 pratense, and a few commoner species. 



Sympetrum striolatum, Charp. — Very common near Lewes {Unwin), East- 

 bourne and Hailsliam, common {G. T.P.), Hastings district, common. S. sanguin- 

 eum, Miill. — "I took this distinct species at Kingston, near Lewes, in September, 

 1849, and in 1851 " {Unwin), HoUington {E. A. B.), Guestling {E. N. B.), near 

 Rye {Irhy). S. scoticum, Don — Once at Ore {E. A. B.). 



Libellula depressa, L. — Plentiful on the Downs {Unwin), Abbott's Wood, and 

 adjoining lanes, abundant {G. T. P.), Hastings district, rather common. L. quad' 

 rimacnlata, L. — On tlie Downs, rare {Unioin), Abbott's Wood, common {G. T. P.), 



