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shoidd scarcely occur in Britain. The older entomologists used to And it in Dorset, 

 Hants, and Devon. Then it was lost sight of until Mr. Herbert Goss took it in 

 some numbers near Christchurch in 1878 {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., xv, p. 92). 



Sub-Fam. Gomphixa. 



Onychogomphus forcipaiiis, L. — A " casual " at the most. Bests as British on 

 the authority of a ? in Stephens' collection, and that entomologist assured De Selys 

 that he remembered to have taken it in England. Stephens originally confused 

 forcipatus and vulgatissiimis. 



Gomphus vulgatissimus, L. — Local in the south. A common Thames insect. 



Oomphus Jlavipes, Charp. — A " casual." Rests as British on a (J captured by 

 Stephens near Hastings on the 5th August, 1818. 



Corduleg aster annulatus, Latr. — Needs no comment. 



Sub-Fam. ..Eschnina. 



Anaxformosus, Y. d. Lind.^ — Common in the south ; how far it extends north- 

 ward I know not. 



^schna mixta, Latr. — Probably widely distributed, bvit certainly rare. A few 

 years ago Mr. S. Stevens found an example in a torpid condition in his garden near 

 London, in the month of November. 



JEschna borealis, Zett. — Highlands of Scotland. Few specimens exist in col- 

 lections. I observed it, but not commonly, at Eannoch in June, 1865 (cf. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., ii, p. 117). 



JEschna jiincea, L. — Certainly rare (even if it occur at all) in flie south ; com- 

 mon in the north, and probably also common in Ireland. 



^schna cyanea, Miiller, and jEsch. grandis, L. — Need no comment. 



JEschna riifescens, V. d. Lind. — Used to be common near Yarmouth, but there 

 seems to be an idea that it has disappeared. Some of the resident entomologists in 

 that vicinity can no doubt solve this question. I have seen no recent British 

 examples. 



Brachytron pratense, Miiller. — Probably generally distributed, but precise local 

 information is desirable. 



Sub-Fam. Calopterygina. 



Calopteryx Virgo, L., and C. splendens, Harris.- -Need no comment. 



Sub-Fam. Ageionina. 



Lestes viridis, V. d. Lind. — A very doubtful native. According to De Selys, a 

 specimen existed in Evans' collection. That collection passed into the hands of the 

 late J. C. Dale, and his son (Mr. C. W. Dale) cannot now trace it. 



Lestes nympha, Selys. — I have never seen a living British example, but it cer- 

 tainly used to occur (and probably still occurs) in the Fen District, and Doubleday 

 recorded it from Epping. 



Lestes sponsa, Hans. — Probably generally distributed. 



Lestes virens, Charp. — I regard tliis sonitwhat doubtful as British. One ex- 



