150 - ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '03 



List of Dragonflies (Odonata) From North Carolina, 

 Especially From the Vicinity of Raleigh.''^ 



By C. S. Brimlky. 



The following list is based on specimens collected by the 

 writer during the years 1899^1902, mainly in the valley of 

 Walnut Creek, southeast of Raleigh, while a number of other 

 specimens, including some additional species, were taken on 

 seining trips to Crabtree Creek near its junction with Neuse 

 River (July 10, 1902), and to Neuse River at Poole's bridge 

 near the mouth of Walnut Creek (July 3 and August 18, 1902), 

 both places being about six miles from Raleigh, and about one 

 mile distant from each other, Crabtree entering the Neuse 

 higher up than Walnut. The collecting on these three trips 

 was done by Mr. F. Sherman, Jr., N. C. State Entomologist, 

 and the writer, and also by Mr. C. O. Houghton on the last of 

 the three. 



The list probably includes the majority of the species of the 

 suborder Anisoptera to be found at Raleigh ; the second sub- 

 order, the Zygoptera is poorly represented in the list, little 

 effort having been made to capture or identify members of this 

 group until the latter part of 1902. Mr. Sherman has also 

 furnished me with records of the different species he has taken 

 at Raleigh and in other parts of the State. 



Thanks are due to Messrs. R. Martin, Leblanc, France (for 

 whom collecting was done in 1899 and 1900) ; J. G. Needham, 

 Lake Forest University ; R. P. Currie, U. S. National Museum, 

 and J. S. Hine, Ohio State University, for identification of speci- 

 mens, and to Mr. Sherman for valuable assistance rendered. 



[With Mr. Brimley's consent, I have added in brackets [ ] 

 a number of records of North Carolina Odonata known to me. 

 Those which are cited simply as ** North Carolina A. N. S." 

 (=1 collection of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), 

 may possibly have been gathered by Morrison, and if so, are 

 presumably from Morganton. — P. P, Calvert]. 



* This paper was presented at the first annual meeting of the North 

 Carolina Academy of Science, November 29 and 30. 1902. 



