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year ; (b) Somatochlora metallica, Lind., a cj captured in Sussex 

 on August 4th, being the first authentic record of this 

 insect in England. Dr. Buchanan White discovered the 

 insect in Scotland in 1869, and Mr. J. King of Glasgow took 

 it again in 1899 in the same locality. Whether the specimens 

 observed in Sussex were migratory or not, has still to 

 be determined, but at the end of August several ? $ s were 

 seen, one of which was evidently ovipositing ; (c) Anax 

 imperator, Leach, a ^ caught in Hertfordshire on June 24th 

 with LibeUula depressa, S , in its jaws ; {d) Libellula depressa, 

 Linn., two ? 5 s taken late in the season, showing the appear- 

 ance of blue powder on the abdomen ; (e) Libellula quadri- 

 maculata, Linn., four specimens ; two taken in Sussex, showing 

 the remarkable difference in the amount of suffusion on the 

 wings in individuals from the same locality : the other two 

 from widely different localities, one from North Wales showing 

 great, and one from VentUor, Isle of Wight, showing very 

 little wing-suft'usion, proving that the supposition that speci- 

 mens from the north have much less wing-suffusion than those 

 from the south, and vice versd, is unfounded. The greatly 

 suffused specimen from Sussex had no black suffusion under 

 the pterostigma, which is normal : the specimen from the Isle 

 of Wight was caught by Sir W. Parker. 



The case also contained the following insects : — 



Orthetrum cancellatum, Linn., $ and $ , from Herts ; 

 Cordulia a;nea, Linn., (J,from Burnham Beeches, Bucks; 

 Brachytron j^ratense, Mlill., c^and $ , from Oxford ; Platycnemis 

 pennipes. Pall., $ and $ ,var. laciea, from Oxford ; Erythromma 

 naias, Hansen ; specimens from Herts, Bucks, Sussex ; and 

 Pyrrhosoma tendlmn, Linn., $ and $ , from Sussex. 



New and hare British Beetles. — Mr. Norman Joy exhibited 

 examples of Coleoptera new to the British list, including 

 Oxypoda perpUxa, Muls., Cornwall; Sunius lyonessius, Joy, 

 Scilly Isles ; Anisotoma Jiavicornis, Bris., Bradfield ; Melanoph- 

 thalma truncatella, Mannh., Norfolk ; Cryp)top>hagus hirfulus, 

 Kr., Scilly Isles; LUargus coloratus, Rosenh,, Sherwood; 

 Corticaria linearis, Payk., Bradfield; C longicoUis, Zett., 

 Epping ; and Longitarsus nigerrlmus, Gyll., Cleethorpes. 



Rare British NsuRorTERA. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten showed 



