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was not a single S. fonscolombii, though offspring of the 1911 
specimens, if they had bred there, would probably have been 
due in 1918. Mr. F. H. Haines, of Winfrith, Dorset, was a little 
more successful with this species. Writing August 8rd, 1913, he 
told me that on July 24th he saw several specimens on a pond 
at Morden and took a male and female in cop.; as well as a 
second male. They were in nothing like the abundance of 1912, 
and their wariness was wonderful. He might have made twenty 
captures of S. striolatum for one of S.fonscolombii. On July 25th 
he tried West Knighton pond and thinks he saw one of the 
latter species, but could not capture it. A friend of his having 
reported the species at Creech, south of Wareham, on August 
2nd they together visited both Creech and Morden, but found 
nothing, though S. striolatum was abundant at Creech, and they 
took an Avschnia juncea and a worn A. imperator at Morden. 
Mr. Haines did not find the pond at Creech such a one as he 
would associate with S. fonscolombu, although his friend knew 
the dragonfly. It prefers heathland ponds, fed by swamps 
with much decomposing vegetable matter in them all round, 
causing the water to be very warm. The Creech pond was deep 
and cold. He thought perhaps a swarm might have paid a 
visit and passed on. Some days previously he found the species 
still well in evidence at Morden and took another male. So 
this year he has four specimens, three males and one female— 
three taken on one day, one on another. 
On August 1st C. annulatus was common at Beaulieu River, 
and from this time there appeared to be no dearth of them in 
the Forest, so the adverse season of 1912 had not affected the 
1913 imagines. On the same date an Avschna cyanea, female, 
was captured, apparently but recently emerged, as the spots 
were whitish-blue. On the next day an 4. juncea was captured 
at Woodfidley. On August 16th in the central part of the 
Forest dragonflies were numerous, almost all being S. striolatum. 
On August 25th I could not find A. mercuriale, and presume it 
was over. J. pumilio I was not able to find at all during the 
season. Towards the end of August C. virgo had disappeared. 
Mr. W. H. Harwood tells me that a specimen of schna 
isosceles was taken at Wicken Fen on September 28th, which 
seems to be a very late date for this species. 
After a long absence, a visit was paid to the Black Pond on 
September 28th, when S. striolatum and S. scoticum were found 
to be plentiful. There were also a few Aischnas, of which males 
of 4. juncea and AL. grandis were captured; the former settled 
on the front of my coat and was there netted. Judging by size 
Af. mata appeared to be present also. 
Mr. K. J. Morton is able to record that a female Hemianax 
ephippiger was found in Ireland (vide E. M. M. Jan. 1914) in 
October, 1913. This is, of course, an accidental occurrence, as 
