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August 19; below Needham's Ford, August 20; Haynes' 

 P. O., August 19 ; Sharp's Ford, August 21 ; Agee to AfFet, 

 August 25, one pair in coitu ; all on Clinch River, Tenn., 1899 ; 

 Craig's Ford, Powell River, August 22, 1899 ; Hiawassee 

 River and Dayton, October 9, 1901 (pair in coitu, the 9 ovi- 

 positing) ; Springvale, August 30, September9, 1900, and 

 Charleston, September, 1901 ; all in Tennessee, (C. C. A.).- 

 Cumberland River, September 28, 29, 30; October 5, 14, 19, 

 20, 27 ; November 3 ; common, pairing on all dates, adults and 

 tenerals taken. 



Variation in Color of Wings of Males taken in Tennessee. — Between 

 the light and dark individuals all intermediate conditions are to be found. 



Light.. — Front wings barely tipped with dark ; apex of hind wings 

 beyond pterostigma black. Base of hind wings with colored area extend- 

 ing to about the tenth antecubital ; not occupying full width of wing 

 except at extreme base ; outer edge of dark area nearly entire. 



Dark. — Front wings distinctly tipped with black ; apex of hind wings 

 black from basal side of pterostigma. Base of hind wings darker than in 

 the paler individuals, and the colored area more extended ; along the 

 anterior portion of the wing reaching the seventeenth antecubital and 

 leaving the outer edge of the dark area very irregular. 



4. Lestes unguiculatus. 



Morrow Swamp and smaller marshes to the east. May 22. 



5. Lestes forcipatus. 



Centennial Grounds, Nashville, September 25 ; Morrow 

 Swamp and neighboring marshes. May 23, 30, and June i, 2, 7. 



6. Lestes rectangnlaris 



Morrow Swamp, May 21. 



7. Lestes inequalis. 



Morrow Swamp, May 30, one $ . 



8. Argia pntrida. 



Tazewell, Clinch River, Va., August t8, 1899; Agee to 

 Affet, Clinch River, August 25, 1899, and Springvale, Septem- 

 ber 4, 1900, Tenn. (C.C.A.). Cumberland River, September 

 19, October 5, June 2 ; Sycamore, June 6. 



9. Argia apicalis. 



St. Paul, Va., August 9, 1899 ; Agee to Affet, Clinch River, 

 August 25, 1899, pair in coitu, Chattanooga, October 15, 



