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of certain species overlapped more than they usually do. The 

 season thenceforward was a most satisfactory one, and owing to 

 the fine autumn was late in closing. The last dragonfly I saw 

 was on the wing in Richmond Park, on Oct. 23rd, and the species 

 was Sympetrum striolatum. In 1897, however, I saw it at Esher 

 as late as Nov. 14th, and I have no doubt that, had I sought for 

 it, this species, if not others, might have been taken at least as 

 late this year. 



Orthetrum cancellation was received from a new locality be- 

 tween New Maiden and Kingston in Surrey. A female Anax 

 imperator, with blue abdomen, was taken as late as Aug. 10th in 

 the New Forest. The capture of a male Lestes sponsa at the 

 Black Pond, near Esher, on Oct. 2nd, adds yet another to the list 

 of species found at that prolific locality. At the beginning of 

 August Orthetrum ccerulescens was particularly common in the 

 New Forest, especially over marshy ground, and I received the 

 species for the first time from Surrey. 



In the New Forest, on July 30th, and during the early days 

 of August, Agrion mercuriale was common in the locality referred 

 to in 1897, and it was traced to another centre, where, owing to 

 the nature of the place, it will probably be well able to hold its 

 own. Out of some 100 or 150 insects perhaps that were noticed, 

 but a small proportion were females. 



Near Sandwich, in Kent, towards the end of August, for the 

 first time I made acquaintance with Sympetrum sanguineum, a 

 rather small bright crimson dragonfly, much constricted at the 

 base of the abdomen, and dilated towards the extremity. It 

 skips about from plant to plant along the ditches, and, though 

 rather jerky and restless, was not difficult to secure. It was, 

 however, rather worn. On Sept. 9th I took a male at Wisley 

 Pond, in Surrey, making a new record for the locality, and an 

 empty nymph-skin found there on July 16th may belong to the 

 same species. Others were taken at previously unrecorded 

 localities in the south-east of England, the fact pointing possibly 

 to a small immigration. 



On Aug. 22nd, a very hot morning, as I was making my way 

 towards the sand-hills near Sandwich, a blue-bodied dragonfly 

 settled on some reeds by the side of one of the numerous 

 streams. Thinking it was a late L. depressa or O. cancellatum, 

 I approached it, and made an easy capture. Judge of my 

 delight when I fourd that it was neither of those insects, but 

 Libellula fulva — a male with the full blue colouring— though 

 rather a worn specimen. This, however, mattered little, seeing 

 that I have only been able to find six previous localised records 

 of its capture, and these generally as single specimens, though 

 a few other specimens unrecorded, and sometimes not localised or 

 dated, are to be found in collections. 



After patiently watching for a long time, I managed, on 



