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was not charadraea. That evening I rode to the creek again, 

 a total of about 55 miles traveled that day, but in the last 

 hour or two before dark I failed to catch a glimpse of 

 Somatochloras. I slept that night in Settlemeyer's barn and 

 in the morning followed the sun's first rays into the Sim- 

 mers' woods. Twice I got good though distant views of the 

 Somutochlora. He would drop down from over the trees, 

 pass along the creek for a short distance, and leave like 

 a flash. Then an hour passed and no sign of him. As I 

 stood in the creek near where I had caught charadraea the 

 Sunday before, planning my next trip after the wretch that 

 was making the glorious Independence Day a mockery, 

 there was a flash over a large red haw tree and in the same 

 breath the net got him as he started to rise in passing me. 

 And this one was S. linearis. \\'allace somewhere tells of 

 a headache which seized him when a butterfly slipped to 

 freedom from his fingers. \\'aking and sleeping I had seen 

 this dragonfly for nearly forty-eight hours, and my emotions 

 I believe were as intense. On subsequent trips to the creek 

 I failed to see any Somatochloras. 



The colors of charadraea are as described in Ent. Xews, 

 January, 1907, with the following notes: 



Labrum largely brown, greenish or paler at center, clypeus brown, 

 lighter at center below to meet pale on labrum ; f rons in front, below 

 metallic area, brown ; no yellow on vertex. On abdominal segment 2 

 an additional small yellow spot above the yellow of the genital lobe. 



Eyes nile green, brilliant. Yellow markings chrome yellow, tend- 

 ing to gamboge. 



The living colors of linearis may be briefly described as 

 follows : 



Labrum yellow ; face brown, clypeus paler at center : frons obscure 

 yellowish on either side against the eyes, above and slightly in front 

 metallic dark blue; vertex and occiput dark, nearly black; eyes bril- 

 liant nile green ; rear of eyes pale brown. 



Thorax metallic without other color excepting the sclerite between 

 the front wings which is pale lemon. Legs black, brown at base. 



Abdomen black, segment i brown above ; a large rounded pale yel- 

 low spot at base of genital lobe ; lower lateral margins of 3 and 4 

 edged with gray; small lateral basal yellow spots on 5-8, all about 

 the same size, most distinct and bright on 6 and 7, dullest and smallest 

 on 8; a hint of lateral basal spots on 3, large but dully colored and ill 

 defined. 



