80 [April, 



and W. Mere, 1812 (J. C), :i third (184.) is labelled Powerscourt, (printed), and 

 Holwell, June, 1863 (J. C). A female (185) has a printed label " Qlengarriff," 

 and another (186) has Glanvilles Wootton (at side). 



Platycnemis pennipes is represented by eight examples, two females (189, 190) 

 and one male (193) being without labels. A male (187) is from Parley 1819 

 (J. C. in pencil). The rest are females :—( 188) has, 20/5/56, Natal, 8-11 — , and 

 Holwell (at side), (191) has Chant 46, (192) lias ^P (J. C), (19i) has Parley 

 Heath (at side). 



Lestes sponsa. — Thei-e appear to be twenty examples of this insect, which 

 C. W. Dale apparently had a little difficulty in correctly determining. Three 

 females (200, 201, 214) bear no labels. Two males (195, 213) and two females 

 (215, 216) are labelled Norfolk July 1905 (C. W.), and two females (202, 217) 

 are labelled in the same way, but have in addition, Norfolk (at side) ; the last of 

 these females appears to have something wrong with its anal appendages. Of six 

 males (196) is labelled Chant 46; (197) New For. 1844 (J. C.) ; (198) July 2 

 (or 21) 1844 (J. C. filled in) ; (210) Aug. 1816 (J. C. filled in), and Killarney 

 1846 Fisher (J. C.) ; (211) Branksorae Chine nr. Bournemouth Ag. 1865 (C. W.), 

 and Bournemouth (at side) ; (212) Doubleday (J. C). A female (199) has three 

 labels:— New For. 1844 (J. C), Jun. 1844 (J. C. filled in), and New Forest 

 (at side). Besides these there are three examples under the name of Lesten viridis, 

 but as the name is reversed Dale evidently recognised that they did not belong to 

 that species: they are— a male (207) Dr. White Jun. 1870 (J. C. yellow label filled 

 in), a female (208) blank yellow label, and a female (209) with no label. Further, 

 under Lestes nympha appears a male (219) which seems to be L. sponsa ; it bears 

 a blank red label, and Whittlesca (J. C). 



Lestes virens, L. barhara, L. viridis. — Of the first species there are two 

 examples. A male (203) has two labels, one " No 25 Lestes virens, Chp. S ," the 

 other simply " 56," and a female (204) labelled, " Lestes virens $ ." There is 

 a male (205) of the second species labelled, " Lestes barbara £ ." The third 

 species is also represented by a male (206) labelled, " Lestes viridis S •" The labels 

 of the last three insects are in very old writing belonging to the same hand, but not 

 J. C. Dale's. It is quite possible that they are foreign examples put in the 

 collection as types of the three species, which were once considered to be British. 

 At any rate there is nothing to shew that they are British examples of insects that 

 apparently do not now belong to our fauna, if they ever did within the entoniolog- 

 ically historic period. 



Lestes nympha*. — Two males (218, 220) and one female (221) are unlabelled. 

 A female (222) labelled H. D. 1843 (J. C), appears to me of somewhat doubtful 

 identity ; a second female (223) bears two labels, July 19 : 1819 (J. C. filled in), and 

 Eltysley Cambs. (J. C. ?) ; a third female (224) also bears two labels, forcipula Ev.f 

 (J. C. ?), and Cambridgeshire (at side). No. (219) is referred to under L. sponsa. 



Agrion naias. — Of this species there are seven specimens, a male (225) being 

 the only one without history. The rest are labelled as follows: — a male (226) 

 Farr. 1844 (J. C), and H. Y. (J. C.) ; a male (227) Doubleday (J. C.) ; a femala 



* Now known as Lestes dryas. 

 t Ev. is no doubt a contraction for Evans. 



