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DRAGONFLIES OF EPPING FOREST IN 1908. 
it is still further from varia, further still (in spite of some resem- 
blance on the under side) from deione and parthenie, is the very 
converse of britomartis, and has not even a superficial resem- 
blance to any form of asteria. The earlier stages, when they 
become known—which there is reason to hope may be during 
next season—may give cause for the reconsideration of any 
opinion now expressed, but so far as our present knowledge 
extends, I feel no doubt that we should regard it as a distinct 
species. The question of its phylogeny is most interestingly 
dis:ussed in the same paper, and to this reference will have to 
be made again. 
THE DRAGONFLIES OF EPPING FOREST IN 1908. 
By F. W. & H. Campion. 
THE season began with a backward spring, but at least the 
usual number of dragonflies appeared with the beautiful weather 
which came in June. By the end of August dragonflies had 
become decidedly scarce, although a few of the common kinds 
survived to enjoy the warm summer-like days of early October. 
Unusually late dates were recorded for Libellula depressa and 
Afschna grandis. 
Erythromma naias was added to the list of Odonata collected by 
ourselvesin Epping Forest. That list now consists of twenty-one 
species, or exactly one half the total for the British Islands. 
An account of the captures made during the year is given 
below, the species being named in the order in which they came 
under our observation. 
(1) Pyrrhosoma nymphula was, as is usual in our district, the 
dragonfly earliest on the wing, and a single immature female was 
obtained on May 10th. On May 31st a male was discovered 
to have the right hind wing in a very rudimentary state. It is 
a remarkable fact that we have in our collection quite a number 
of dragonflies, belonging to various species, having the same 
wing in a more or less undeveloped condition. P. nymphula was 
not noticed after July 12th 
(2) Cordulia enea occurred very early in the season, a some- 
what immature male being taken on May 17th. A week later 
(May 24th) we obtained two newly-emerged females, from which 
we learned that at that stage of development the abdomen is 
emphatically purple, although the front of the thorax is already 
green. The eyes were opaque brown, and the band between 
segments two and three, instead of being yellow, was dirty white. 
The wings were brownish, and the basal saffron was pale and 
indistinct. The accessory membranes were satin-white, and the 
pterostigmata grey. On June 7th two more females were taken, 
both fine adult specimens. One of them had the wings very 
