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altogether, and herein may lie the explanation of their having 
escaped our notice in previous years, although in 1900 Mr. F. 
Enock bred the species from nymphs taken at Loughton (Entom. 
1901, p. 68). No captures were made after June 28th, but the 
species probably lasted for some time longer. 
(8) L. quadrimaculata was not uncommon in the central parts 
of the Forest, where captures were made on June 28th. 
(9) Anaz imperator was first met with on June 28th, when 
two males were taken, one of them with wings in poor condition. 
We think it incorrect to describe the eyes of this species as blue, 
and that a truer description would be:—Hyes opaque green, 
lightly shot with translucent blue on their upper surface. On 
the same occasion a male, not taken, was observed to dash 
through a swarm of 7'ortrix viridana, which were flying about an 
oak-tree, and was seen to seize and fly off with one of the moths. 
A specimen was noticed as late as August 2nd. 
(10) A’schna cyanea, usually such a common insect, was 
decidedly scarce. A newly-emerged male was taken, with its 
discarded nymph-skin, on July 5th, and provided us with a date 
for the species earlier by sixteen days than our previous earliest 
date. No specimen with the mature coloration was obtained 
before August 16th (a male), but we continued to meet with the 
insect until October 18th, when another male was taken. 
(11) 42. grandis was first seen in flight on July 25th, and a 
very immature female was taken on August 2nd, although the 
species, in fully adult condition, was already common. OnAug. 9th, 
by which time this insect had become extraordinarily abundant 
everywhere in the Forest, a female taken while ovipositing had 
seoment six and the following segments of the abdomen wet from 
immersion in the water. Another female, similarly engaged, 
was netted on September 6th, and had more than half the seg- 
ments (Nos. 5-10) in a wet state. On September 27th we watched 
for a considerable time a specimen of 44. grandis huwking over a 
pond, and saw it take several insects in succession, some of 
which it deliberately discarded after examination: this observa- 
tion was interesting as showing that all is not prey that comes 
to a dragonfly’s jaws. A female was obtained as late as October 
11th, and the species was again seen even a week after that. 
(12) Sympetrum striolatum.—Immature females made their 
appearance on July 25th, but no males could be found before 
August 9th. The species was never really common, and the last 
capture was effected on October 18th. 
(13) S. sanguineum.— The only examples secured were a 
freshly-emerged female (July 26th) and an adult male (Sept. 12th). 
The first was obviously a native of the pond at which it occurred. 
In the matter of coloration, the chief points which distinguished 
this specimen from adult females appeared to be these :—Saffron 
at base of wings inconspicuous; pterostigmata greenish grey ; 
