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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



curtisii, Dale. Orthetrum cancellatum, L. ; brunneum, Fonscol. ; 

 coerulescens, Fab. Lihellula fulva, Miill. ; quadrimaculata, L. 

 Crocothemis erythraa, Brull6. Sympetrum sanguineum, Miill. ; 

 meridionale, Selys ; fonscolomhii, Selys. 



Of four L. quadrimaculata, two are ab. pranuhila ; another has 

 the nodal spot just indicated, while the fourth has this spot very 

 large, extending to 7 mm. in the hind wings. 



Leaving Aries on the evening of July 10th, we proceeded to 

 Albarracin, in the province of Teruel, by way of Cerbere, 

 Barcelona, Sagunto, and Teruel. At ornamental waters in 

 public gardens at Barcelona, dragonflies were about in some 

 numbers, including Anax imperator, Orthetrum cancellatum , Sym- 

 petrum fonscolomhii, and, I believe, one or two other species. 

 We arrived at Albarracin on the 14th, and remained there until 

 the 25th. This beautiful district has already been much written 

 about by English entomologists, and its productions, especially 

 in the way of butterflies, are well known. The Neuropteroid 

 insects are also fairly well known, and quite a strong representa- 

 tion of these already existed in my collection, taken by Dr. 

 Chapman, Miss Fountaine (through whose kindness I received 

 a rather large collection), and Father Navas. In fact, we 

 hardly added anything at all to what we previously knew of the 

 "Neuroptera" of the district, and I fear we did not work so 

 strenuously for these things as we ought to have done ; they 

 were not numerous (with a few exceptions), and the butterflies 

 proved a counter-attraction at times irresistible. 



On the way to Albarracin we had an afternoon at Teruel, and 

 there we found three dragonflies in abundance, viz. Calopteryx 

 splendens (race xanthostoma) , C. hcemorrhoidalis, and Ofiycho- 

 (jomphus uncatus. In the valley of Guadalaviar, near Albarracin, 

 C. splendens and O. uncatus were also common. Members of 

 the genus Sympetrum, including striolatum, meridionale, fons- 

 colomhii, and Jlaveolum, striolatum preponderating, swarmed ; 

 and multitudes of these might be seen settled on the telegraph- 

 wires, basking in the very early morning sunshine. Other species 

 seen in the Yalleyweve Lestes barhara, Sympycnafusca, Orthetrum 

 brunneum, and Lihellula depressa. Examples of ALschna were 

 occasionally seen, probably mixta and cyanea (the latter was 

 taken by Miss Fountaine). 



On the way to the Puerto de la Losillo we saw more than once 

 Cordulegaster annidatus, but did not take any (the var. immaculi- 

 frons was received from Miss Fountaine), and at springs in an 

 open grassy place amongst the pines, Agrion puella, Ischnura 

 graellsi, Sympycnafusca, and Lestes dryas were found. ALschna 

 mixta (male) was also taken in an open part of the pine-woods. 



The insects which interested us perhaps as much as any 

 were the two species of Ascalaphus — longicornis and boeticus. 

 They were seen in many different places, but in some rough 



