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done in Cheatham County, along Sycamore Creek, a tributary 

 of the Cumberland, about twenty miles below Nashville. For 

 the opportunity to collect here I am indebted to Major E. C. 

 Lewis, of Nashville, through whose kindness I was able to go 

 to and from Sycamore Creek on his river steamboat ; and to 

 Mr. A. P. Jackson, of Sycamore, whose open hospitality I 

 enjoyed while there. 



Doubtless about Nashville, during a favorable year, dragon- 

 flies are on the wing from March i to December i, — a period 

 of 275 days. My collecting covered only 174 days of this 

 period. I was first in the field September 16, 1900, and for 

 the last time June 16, 1901. Thus the latter three-fourths of 

 June, a very favorable time, and all of July and August, were 

 missed. Of necessity, therefore, my list is doubtless far from 

 a complete one, but, doubtless also, it will, in addition to 

 stating certain records, by these records indicate what might 

 be expected, thus throwing some light on one of the all- 

 neglected faunas environing the "Athens of the South." 



1. Calopteryx macniata. 



Abingdon, Va., August 20, 1901 (C. C. A.) ; Glendale Park, 

 Nashville, September 27 ; Cumberland River, November 3, 

 May 16, June 2 ; Sycamore, June 5 ; rare, so far as my obser- 

 vations go. 



2. Hetaerina americana. 



Cleveland, August i, 1899, and Tazewell, Clinch River, 

 August 18, 1902, Va.; Mussel Shoals, Ala., November 4, 1901 ; 

 between Walker's and Needham's Ford's, August 19; Hor- 

 ton's Ford, August 15 ; Sharp's Ford, August 22 ; Agee to 

 Aifet, August 25, all on Clinch River, Tenn., 1899 ; Sneedsville, 

 August 16, and Clinton, August 26, Tenn., 1899 (C. C. A.); 

 Springvale, Tenn., September 4, 1900 (C. C. A.). Small stream 

 through Centennial Grounds, Nashville, Tenn., September 25, 

 29 ; Cumberland River, September 30, June 2, rare ; Sycamore, 

 June 6. 



3. Hetaerina tricolor. 



Mussel Shoals, Ala., November i, 1901 ; Tazewell, Clinch 

 River, Va., August 18, 1899 ; Walker's and Needham's Fords, 



