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hurst, N. J., VII. This insect is quite crepuscular in habit, and some- 

 times flies when it is so dark that it can be distinguished with difficulty. 

 Sometimes each vinosa appears to have a certain " beat " on the ditch 

 or brook up and down which it flies, while a little further on will be 

 another vinosa, also confined to a limited range. 



Genus BASI^SCHNA Selys. 

 B. Janata Say. 



Pine Island, N. Y., VI; Bronxville, N. Y., VI (Woodruff) ; Yap- 

 hank, N. Y,, V, VI; Staten Island, V; Newfoundland, N. J., V; Pater- 

 son, N. J., V; Ramsey, N. J., V; Lakehurst, N. J., V. 



Genus GOMPHJESCHNA Selys. 

 G. furcillata Say. 



Yaphank, N. Y., V, VI; Ramapo, N. Y., VI; Hewitt, N. J., VI; 

 Newfoundland, N. J., V, VI; Beaver Lake, N. J., VI; Lakehurst, 

 N. J., V, VI. 



G. furcillata antilope Hagen. 



Newfoundland, N. J., VI. 



Genus ANAX Leach. 

 A. Junius Drury. 



Generally distributed and common. Flies from March to October. 



On one occasion eight of these insects were observed flying about on 



the lea side of a barn looking for the flies that had taken refuge there 



from the strong wind that was then blowing. 



A. longipes Hagen. 



Yaphank, N. Y., VII; Staten Island, VI, VIII; Orange, N. J.; 

 Lakehurst, N. J., VII. 



Genus .ffiSHNA Fabricius. 

 A. clepsydra Say. 



Wading River (Deep Pond), N. Y., VIII; Greenwood Lake, VII; 



Terrace Pond, Passaic Co., N. J., VIII; Newfoundland, N. J., IX; 



Lakehurst, N. J., IX. 



A. canadensis Walker. 



Newfoundland, N. J., VII ; Staten Island, VI. 



