182 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



be Cordulegaster annulatus. There were fewer dragonflies at 

 Hengistbury (up to mid-July) this year than last. E. cyathi- 

 gerum was also common at Christchurch on July 9th." 



By the side of the Great Ouse at Bedford, I captured 

 I. elegans and C. splendcns on July 7th. 



On the Essex coast Col. Yerbury took: — Sympetrum sangiii- 

 neuni, six, scarcely mature in colouring ; one male and female, 

 July 4th, at Frinton-on-Sea ; two males and female, July 13th, 

 at Frinton-on-Sea, when the species was in some numbers, 

 many being in coitii; one male, July 9th, at Walton-on-Naze, at 

 a bed of Carex under the sea-wall. Lestes sponsa, male, July 

 5th, at Walton-on-Naze ; one male, July 13th, at Frinton-on 

 Sea. I. elegans, nine, at Frinton-on-Sea, July 4th, three males 

 and six females ; one male was still holding its prey, a small 



W. J. Lucas photo. ( X 3.) 



Ischnura elegans, with fly in its grasp. 



fly, in its legs used as a trap * (see figure) ; two of the females 

 were of the var. rufescens, and one had a tendency in that direc- 

 tion. Agrion piiella, two males on July 4th, at Frinton-on-Sea. 

 From July 27th to September 9th I was in the New Forest 

 where I met with the following fifteen species: — Agrion mercu- 

 riale, Culopteryx virgo, Platycnemis pennipes, Sympetrum strio- 

 latum, S. scoticum, Orthetrum ccsrulescois, A^jschna eyanea, 

 Ischnura elegans, Pyrrhosoma tenellum, and its var. melanotum, 

 ALschna mixta, P. nymphula, Agrion puella, S. fonscolomhii, 

 Enallagma cyathigerum, and Cordulegaster annulatus. This last 

 I saw only on September 7th — a single specimen which I could 

 not capture. As this is usually one of the commonest of the 



"-'•= I presume the fly may be looked upon as the dragonfly's prey, although 

 Col. Yerbury did not notice its presence when putting his capture into the 

 cyanide bottle. 



