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less make itself felt as a serious pest to farmers when cultivation 

 cuts down its present food supply. Of the species I took the 

 following: simplex^ vomerinus, ulkei, incequalis, ochreus, costi- 

 pennis, genfilis, paTindus and probably oblitus; all on or about 

 the roots of various grasses. 



LIST OF THE DRAGONFLIES (ODONATA) 



Taken at Manchester, Kennebec Co., Me., in 1888 and 1889. 

 BY MISS MATTIE WADSWORTH. 



Tribe I.— AGRIONINA. 



Subfamily i. Calopterygina. 



1. Calopteryx maculata Beauvois. 



1888, June 19 to Aug. 2. Many 9 9 observed laying eggs on 

 plants in brook; sometime after .young larvae appeared in great 

 quantities. 1889, June 6 to Aug. 9. A common species near 



brook. 



Subfamily 2. Agrionina. 



2. Argrla vlolacea Hagen. 



1888, June 23 to Aug. 2. 1889, June 19 to Aug. 9. A very 

 common species near brook and in road. 



3. Argia putrida Hagen. 



1889, June 25, four % % near lake. 



4. Isclinura Ramburii Selys, 9 Orange variety. 



1888, Aug. 8. 1889, May 25, 27, 30; June 7, 25, 27. In 

 woods, road and near brook. 



5. Isclinura verticalis Say. 



1889, May 25 to July 2. In woods, near brook and lake. 



6. Enalla^raa Hag'eni Walsh. 



1889, June 7, 9 9 25, three S S ; near lake. July 6, two. S % , 

 brook. 



7. Erythromma conditum Selys. 



1888, June 18, in field. 1889, May 25, 28; June 27, 29; July 

 6. In road and near brook; not common. 



8. Lestes hamata Hagen. 



1889, June 12, 27; July 6, 27. Near brook and stagnant water; 

 but few seen. 



