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Orthetrum cancellatmn were met with at the larger pond, and a 

 nymph-skin was secured. Calopteryx virgo occurred in a wet 

 field near the smaller pond, most of the females taken being 

 very dark. On June 8th, another dull day, the canal- side at 

 Byfleet was visited. Owing to the weather, no doubt, dragonflies 

 were not numerous, but A. piiella, P. nymphula, and Erythromma 

 naias were captured. 



During the first half of June Col. J. W. Yerbury captured for 

 me a few dragonflies in the north of Scotland. They were — 

 Leucorrhinia dubia, a male, June 3rd, at Nethy Bridge ; 

 P. nymphula, a female, June 4th, at Aviemore, grasping its 

 prey, a caddis-fly named Limnophilus centralis; E. cyathigei'um, 

 three males and a female, at Aviemore, from June 6th-16th, the 

 male taken on the 16th holding its prey, a small moth named 

 Cramhus pratellus ; Agrion hastulatmn, nine males and two 

 females, at Aviemore, from June 9th-16th. The last-named 

 species varied much in the development of the lateral marks on 

 the second segment of the abdomen, and from two they were 

 nearly or quite absent. Females of this species seem seldom to 

 be captured. On June 21st Mr. P. Kichards found I. elegans in 

 swarms at Seabrook, in Kent, and sent me a male for identifica- 

 tion. On July 29th Col. Yerbury obtained a male P. nymphula 

 at Mynnyd Eppint, in Wales, at an altitude of about 1500 ft. ; 

 no other dragonfly was seen. 



In the New Forest, from June 27th-29th, dragonflies were 

 found to be fairly numerous. A. puella, Platycnemis pennipes, 

 P. nymphula, and Orthetrum ccsrulescens were common, but the 

 last species was in teneral condition. Calopteryx virgo was out 

 in fair numbers, and there were a few I. elegans, one being 

 obtained of the var. rufescens. Of Pyrrhosoma tenellum one 

 female was taken, but of Cordulegaster annulatus I am not 

 certain that I saw a single specimen, although, judging by other 

 records, it should have been on the wing by this date. Neither 

 Agrion mercuriale nor Ischnura pumilio, nor Gomphus vulgatis- 

 simus was met with, although a special search was made for the 

 last two. A week later, July 4th-6th, again the same two 

 species were not to be seen; but A. mercuriale was taken 

 plentifully behind Holm Hill, one only, however, being a 

 female, which was found to be attacked by red acari. On this 

 occasion P. tenellum was met with again. 



From July 27 th onwards some time was spent in the New 

 Forest, and on July 28th a visit was paid to the pond on Beau- 

 lieu Heath, where Sympetrum fonscolomhii was taken in 1911. 

 Though I sought for over an hour in the bright, hot sunshine, 

 the only dragonflies found were Lestes sponsa, P. tenellum (and 

 its var. melanotum) , I. elegans, E. cyathigerum, 0. ccerulescens, 

 a Libellula depressa and an Anax imperator somewhat doubtfully, 

 and Sympetrum striolatum. I feel certain that amongst the last 



