NOTES ON BRITISH ODONATA, 1919. 20? 



■Coverts on June 7th, on Either Common on June 10th, and on 

 pjffingham Common on June 14th (Lucas), on May 21st at Alice 

 Holt, and at other places in the neighbourhood later (Stowell), 

 also at Sudbury in Suffolk and at Colchester and Alresford in 

 Essex (Harwood), Bendorf captured L. dejireasa at Aber-edw. 

 On June 28th Orthctnim C(eriilescens, Fabr. was taken at Darts- 

 meet, Dartmoor (Goodman) ; from July 23rd to 25th it was seen 

 at Wellington College (Harwood) ; it was fairly abundant at 

 Newquay (Bracken), 



Stowell found Sijmpctrum striolatam, Charp. in teneral condi- 

 tion at Kingsley Pond near Alton on July lltb, while later they 

 were numerous aud showy all over the heath ; in Scilly it was 

 not uncommon in July along roadsides (Blair) ; on August 13th 

 it was observed over i)Ools by the shore near Mudeford (Lucas) ; 

 a few were noticed near Newquay (Bracken). Stowell met with 

 Si/ntpetnim scoticum, Don. at Kingsley Pond on August 18th, 

 and I found it on October 4th at the Black Pond — the last 

 dragonfly I saw during the season. On August 30th three 

 examples of Sipnpetriun sanguine am, Miill. were taken between 

 Baildon and Hawkworth in the Bradford District of Yorkshire, 

 this capture constituting a new record for the county (Morrell). 



Calopterygid^e. — Calopteryx virgo, Linn, was very plentiful 

 in June at Aber-edw, one female being very dark, while some of 

 the m.ales had the tip and base of the wings nearly hyaline 

 (Bendorf) ; in the same month it was swarming by the Paver 

 Wey at Bentley, etc., in Hants (Stowell) ; on June 28th it was 

 taken at Dartsmeet (Goodman) ; it was noted at Sudbury in 

 June (Harwood). In the New Forest, towards the end of its 

 season, C. virgo was seen in decreasing numbers from July 26th 

 till August 15th, after which none were noticed (Lucas). 

 Bendorf found Calopteryx splendeus, tlarris at Aber-edw, but less 

 abundant than its congener, and, stated that the birds did a fair 

 amount of destruction amongst them, as seen by the wings left 

 lying about on the ground. On June 10th (7. splendeus was 

 fairly numerous at the Black Pond, and as one seemed to be a 

 female they may be breeding there, although a pond is not 

 usually chosen by the species (Lucas). In June it was found in 

 numbers with C. virgo i)y the Wey at Bentley (Stowell). 



Lestid^. — A very teneral example of Lestes sponsa, Hans, 

 was found at Boldermere on June 21st (Lucas), and one or two 

 individuals were noted at Wellington College from July 23rd to 

 25th (Harwood). 



Agrionid^. — Ischnura elegans, Lind. var. rufescens, Leach 

 was captured at Old (^uay Canal, Cheshire, on June 1st (C. 

 Madeley). The normal form was taken near Tilford in Surrey 

 on June 21st, and at Kingsley Pond on July 11th (Stowell) ; in 

 the Scilly Isles this species was found locally in a marsh in July 

 (Blair) ; it was taken at W^icken Fen on August 4th (G. T. Lyie)"; 



