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out, though still teneral, and evidently going to be common 

 again). 



On June 5th a large dragonfly, seen in Prince's Coverts near 

 Claygate, Surrey, could not have been anything except Anax 

 imperator. Here also were seen one or two Libellula dejjressa on 

 June 12th, and a female A. puella on June 19th. At the Black 

 Pond, in the same neighbourhood, on June 12th, Pyrrhosoma 

 tenellum was taken in teneral condition, Cordulia csnea seemed 

 fairly numerous, as also was L. quadrimaculata, while A. impe- 

 rator was no doubt sighted more than once at a distance over the 

 pond, and three of its empty nymph-skins were obtained. On 

 June 19th, at the Pond, there were found:— L. quadrimaculata 

 and its variety prcBnuhila, C. anea, A. imperator (numerous, one 

 male being captured), Calopteryx splendens, P. m/mpluda, P. tenel- 

 lum, and Enallaqma cyathigerum. At the River Wey, near 

 Byfleet, on June 26th, the dragonflies noticed were : — C. splen- 

 dens (common), I. elegans, Platycnemis pennipes, and A. puella, 

 while an E. naias was almost certainly seen, but was not 

 secured. An expedition for A. imperator to the Black Pond on 

 July 3rd was unsuccessful, though several were seen. 



Near Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, on August 11th, Sym- 

 petrum striolatum, S. sanguineum, j^schna mixta (one teneral 

 male), yE. cyanea, and Lestes sponsa, were met with ; while on 

 August 18th an Ischnura elegans was taken between Yarmouth 

 and Thorley. 



On September 4th, at Silver stream Bog, in the New Forest, 

 Sympetrum scoticum was ovipositing by striking the water at 

 random, the male being attached to the female per collum. The 

 eggs were being dropped into the open watery holes in the bog, 

 and it is there clearly that the nymphs must be looked for. I 

 took one very teneral example of the species on this date. 



Mr. N. P. Fenwick, Jnr., reports : — On June 18th, P. pennipes, 

 I. elegans, A. puella, and B. pratense (one seen) at the River 

 Mole, Esher, Surrey; July 30th, an entirely bronze female of 

 P. tenellum (variety melanogastrum) taken at the Black Pond, 

 Esher ; August 7th, one male C. csnea taken at the Black Pond, 

 apparently the first recorded capture of the species in August ; 

 October 1st, a female .E. cyanea captured in the garden at 

 Esher. This capture of the bronze variety of P. tenellum is the 

 first recorded for the Esher district and, I believe, for Surrey. 



Mr. T. Thornton Mackeith says {in litt., July 28th, 1910) 

 that he captured Msclina juncea at Caldwell and Kilmacolm 

 (identified by Mr. King) ; he also sent a female E. cyathigerum 

 taken at Kilmacolm during the summer of 1910. 



Kinorston-on-Thames, 1911. 



