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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[Apr., '19 



it to be Coryphaeschna ingens, But very kindly suggested that 

 the writer try to identify it more definitely and describe it. 



This specimen was taken by Mr. Brimley, May 26, 1908, at 

 Lake Ellis, Craven County, which is in the lowlands of south- 

 eastern North Carolina. It was found on the shores of the 

 lake and had died in the act of emergence, for the skin had 



Coryphaeschna ingens naiad. 

 Fig* I. — Dorsal view, natural size. 

 Fig. 2.— Lateral view of appendages. 



Fig. 3.— Lateral view of prothorax showing the lateral process of the middle 

 lobe and the supracoxal processes. 



split and the thorax protruded in a large hump, but no part of 

 the imago had been withdrawn from the naidal skin. The 

 genus was determined by removing a wing pad and boiling the 

 crumpled wing in caustic potash while the species was checked 

 by elimination as no other species in the genus has Been re- 



