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Odonata of Paris. — The following species of Odonata were ob- 

 served by me in the suburbs and environs of Paris, in the months of 

 June and July, 1901 : — 



Libellula quadrimaculata. — One specimen, Forest of Fontainebleau 

 (captured). Others seen. 



L. depressa. — Two specimens, males. Forest of Fontainebleau 

 (captured). Others, all males, seen by one of the artificial lakes, Bois 

 de Boulogne. 



L.fulva. — One male, Chantilly. This handsome species is entirely 

 new to my collection, and I had never seen it alive before. Like 

 L. depressa and Oithetrum caindescens, the male is of a lavender blue, 

 the female of a tawny brown, Its abdomen is larger but somewhat 

 narrower than is the case with L. depressa, and both longer and broader 

 than that of 0. cmndescens. It is by no means an easy species to 

 secure. I went after one subsequently which alighted on the gravel 

 sweep surrounding an artificial lake at St. Cloud, but failed to catch 

 it. I also missed two (also males) that were flying about pools left by 

 the rain in the lucerne field at Courbevoie. It is also possible that I 

 saw it in the Bois de Boulogne. 



Cordulia cB)iea.— One specimen. Forest of Fontainebleau. I ima- 

 gined that this was quite new to my collection, but on my return home 

 I found I had a second specimen from Basingstoke Canal, near Byfleet, 

 a year or two since. I had mistaken it at the time for an Mschna. 



^schna ccsndea. — Not in my collection. If I am not greatly 

 mistaken, I saw this species flying hither and thither over the lake in 

 the Bois de Boulogne. The shape of its abdomen precluded the idea 

 of its being a Libelhda, and on the other hand it was not large enough 

 to be Anax imperator. 



Calopteryx splendens. — Two or three males seen, and one female 

 captured by the canal, Forest of Fontainebleau. One male afterwards 

 seen at Courbevoie. 



Syinpetrum striolatum. — One in the Pare Maison Lafitte. 



S. fiaveolum. — One specimen captured, Forest of Fontainebleau. I 

 fancy it had not long emerged from pupa. 



Lestes harbara. — Two specimens captured, Forest of Fontainebleau. 



AgrionidaB : — Forest of Fontainebleau and Bois de Boulogne. There 

 are in all probability one or more of the common British species, 

 IscJmura elegans, Agrion pidchellum, A. puella, and Enallagma cyathi- 

 gerum. — F. A. Walker ; Dun Mallard, Cricklewood. 



[Is Dr. Walker quite certain that he is not taking some other 

 species for C. miea — there seems so little resemblance between that 

 species and an jEschna ? One would hardly expect also to meet with 

 such a northern insect as /Eschna ccerulea in the Bois de Boulogne ; 

 might it not rather have been Brackytron pratense, or an early ^Eschna 

 mixta ? Personally, too, I should hesitate to call Agrion jndchelhim a 

 common British species, though possibly it is generally plentiful where 

 found at all ; but the known localities do not appear to be very 

 numerous in Britain. — W. J. L.] 



