DEAGONFLIES IN 1902 AND 1903. 33 



Mr. Edelsten took a single specimen of Lestes dri/as in South 

 Kent on August 1st, 1903. He did not identify bis specimen till 

 he returned home, and so hopes for a better " bag " next season. 

 This adds another to the few localities for the species. Some 

 months back Mr. E. E. Speyer sent me for examination a male 

 Lestes, which he took on August 11th, 1899, flying swiftly over 

 an alder-bush on the side of a large lake at Shenley, Herts. It 

 arrived in fragments, but the appendages (fig. 6) left no doubt 

 as to its being Lestes viridis ; but I should rather hesitate to add 

 it to the British list till more specimens are captured. Perhaps 

 this note will cause others to search for it next season. It is 

 already reputed to be British, but the evidence is not sufficient. 



Platf/ciiemis jyenuipes, which does not seem a common insect 

 in Surrey, was noticed in July, 1902, more plentifully than usual 

 at the canal between Byfleet and Weybridge, more especially 

 towards the latter. 



Pijrrhosoma tenellum was on the wing as early as June 1st in 

 1903 at the Black Pond. The varieties aneatum and ruhratum 

 were taken as usual in the New Forest. 



At the end of June, 1902, Ischnura pumilio was common in 

 the locality discovered a year or two since in the New Forest, 

 and the variety aiirantiaca was plentiful. It again seemed to be 

 over there by the beginning of August. But in 1903, on August 

 1st, 2nd, and 9th, I was delighted to find this species about a 

 mile from the former locality, but on similar ground. On the 

 2nd and 9th both sexes were found, and in fair numbers, but no 

 var. aurantiaca were taken or noticed on either day. This dis- 

 covery is interesting as extending the range of the species in the 

 New Forest, and also the latest date at which it has been 

 observed there upon the wing. Further, a single male was dis- 

 covered (A. L. Walker) on August 3rd, some distance from either 

 locality, and quite near to Brockenhurst village. 



On July 5th, 1902, Mr. South caught, at Wisley Pond, an 

 Ischnura elegaiis, flying off with a small moth, Cramhus pas- 

 cuellus. 



Mr. Edelsten records Agrion pulchellum for both seasons from 

 the Norfolk Broads in June. 



Another extension of the range of a scarce species has to be 

 recorded. On August 11th, 1902, both sexes of Agrion mercuriale 

 were taken at a bog some miles away from the other known 

 localities in the New Forest, and in a different drainage-basin. 

 It was plentiful in the better known locality, and was seen in 

 1903 as late as August 23rd. 



In 1903 an Agrion, new to Britain, was taken (one of each 

 sex) in the Norfolk Broads by Mr. Balfour Browne. Agrion 

 armatum is a small but rather stout insect, which appears to be 

 scarce everywhere. It will be a welcome addition to our some- 

 what meagre list, and the male should be easily identified, if 



