1919.] I S3 



particulars of the lifo-historv of the last-iiMnied. Mr. Neave, for Mr. Tatchell, 

 a pupa oi Apaiura iris from tlic New Fonjst. Mr. IJ. Main, the beetle Necro- 

 />/iorui vcspi/lo and larviv!, ;i.u'l nxn i)i' Melolonf/ta viih/aris, and gave notes on 

 tlie lifc-liistories. Mr. Aslulown, a living Hylopliila bicoionina, larvae of 

 Diapliitrn uiciii/ica, and a larva of Drepaiui binitria [hitmula), all Irom Surrey. 

 Mr. Barnett, on belialf ef Mr. Coppard, larvae of Cerwa fnrcula from Limps- 

 field. Mr. Step, larvae of Goneplery.v rhcnnni and cocoons of its Dipterous 

 parasite from \Vislej\ Mr. Edwards, conspicuous species of Exotic T/ieclidac, 

 S. American and Indian. Mr. Dennis sent natural history notes from Llanberis. 

 — Hy. J. TuiiN'i':u, Hon, luUtor of I'roceedinys. 



ODONATA FEOM MESOPOTAMIA. 



BT KENNETH J. ISIOBTOX, F.E.S. 



iConclvded from 2>. 151.) 



(Plate V.) 



9. — Orthetrum sahina Drury. 



A series of both sexes, May 2ikI to May loth and June 12th ; 

 August 17th Si September 12th, $ $ only, Amara {Erans) ; Deeemher 

 7th, 1918, 1 § , Ruz Canal near Shahral)an north-east of Baghdad 

 (^Evans). 



The August-September examples appear to be quite fresh. 



" First seen on May 2nd, 191S, on Masliarra Canal hanks. Not 

 particularly numerous then or since — about a score or so usually to be 

 seen. The species is difficult to catch. In life the pale bandings on the 

 body are of a pale slate- or Ijlue-gre}', which with the enlarged dark end 

 of the abdomen witlr white extremity (appendages) gives the insect a 

 fine appearance. When in flight it is particular!}- difficult to see. It rests 

 on stems of reeds and grasses growing in the shallow flooded parts of the 

 canal margin. The wings are spread and usually tilted slightly down- 

 wards from the horizontal" (o.v.l91S). "Common now" (27.V.1918). 

 Occasional specimens still to be seen in October and November at Amara 

 {Evans). 



This species has a very extensive distribution— India and tlie far 

 East ; has also been taken in Somaliland, Suez, Syria, Cyprus, and 

 Turkestan, Mesopotamia is accordingly quite Avithin the limits of its 

 range, although it does not appear to have been previously recorded from 

 that region. 



10. — Orthetrum trinacria Self's. 

 8 d" d and 8 $ $ from May 2nd to May loth, 1918, Amara 

 {Evans) ; 1 d , Qurnah, River Tigris, May 17th, 1918 {Buxton) ; the 



