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placed. The next morning the spider was found upon the 

 dragonfly, but whether feeding upon it or not I cannot say. 

 On August 21st, the weather not being suitable for dragonflies, 

 a male Corduleg aster anmdatus was found at rest on a bush with 

 its wings spread, the costal margins of corresponding pairs 

 being in straight lines. Its legs were bunched up, all the tarsi, 

 apparently, being approximated. For some time it did not 

 resent being touched as it hung ; later it began to quiver its 

 wings, though with what object was not clear, and being handled 

 again it suddenly took to flight. 



At the Black Pond, on September 12th, Sympetrum striolatum 

 and S. scoticum were numerous and E. cyathigerum was not 

 scarce. iEschnas were fairly plentiful, and one male each of 

 M. grandis, M. cyanea, and M. mixta were taken, while one 

 that settled on a tree-trunk, judging by its yellowish costa, must 

 have been M. juncea. The last dragonfly seen was at the same 

 place on November 12th. It was on the wing, and by its size and 

 appearance could only have been S. striolatum ; but, though it 

 flew near me, it gave me no opportunity of making a capture. 



Mr. K. J. Morton was good enough to give me a pair of 

 Somatochlora arctica, which he took at Black Wood, Rannoch, on 

 July 19th, and a male Mschna ccerulea with colour nicely pre- 

 served, taken at Learan, Rannoch, on July 14th. 



In 1906 the season for me opened even later than in 1905. 

 P. nymphida was first seen at the Black Pond on May 13th, and 

 an L. quadrimacidata was probably sighted from a little distance 

 the same day. In a fish-globe at home, about May 25th, a nymph 

 of P. nymphida (captured in the New Forest), which had appeared 

 ready to emerge for some time, crawled up a stick out of the 

 water about 7 a.m. Having partly emerged, it remained in its 

 "resting" position for a longer time than I have been accus- 

 tomed to expect for Agrioninae. The rest being over, it did not 

 suddenly complete its emergence, but raised its legs gradually. 

 Then it held the stick with fore and mid-legs, and the head 

 of the nymph-skin with the hind ones, before drawing out the re- 

 mainder of the abdomen. A few minutes after 8 a.m. the wings 

 had attained about their full length. The specimen was a female. 



In the New Forest, from June 2nd till June 5th, with the 

 exception of P. nymphula, few dragonflies were noticed. C. virgo 

 was in teneral condition ; the wings looked dark brown. G. vulga- 

 tissimus and I. pumilio were not found. From nymphs dredged 

 in April near Whitley Ridge Mr. G. T. Lyle bred L. quadri- 

 maculata and secured nice photographs of the emergence. 



On June 10th, at the Black Pond, dragonflies were few and 

 appeared to be late, but on the evening of June 19th they seemed 

 to be numerous there, and A. imperator was seen on the wing 

 about 6.30 p.m. P. tenellum was flying at the pond on July 1st. 



Mr. H. M. Edelsten was kind enough to give me specimens 



