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August 9, 1885, and another on August 2, 1908. Also in 1908, a 

 male was seen at Lakehurst, N. J., July 11, and another at Yap- 

 hank, Long Island, N. Y., July 26. A male has also been seen 

 about a pond near Orange, N. J. These records have been pub- 

 lished in the Journal of the New York Entomological Society in 

 1898 and 191 3. 



On June 25, 191 3, I visited Long Pond, which lies two miles 

 south of the village of Wading River, Long Island, where I saw 

 more living Anax longipes together than on any previous occasion. 

 There were about six males and three females along the margin 

 of the pond particularly where there was some vegetation in the 

 water. The males were flying up and down, often making ex- 

 cursions a short distance inland. One captured a lepidopterous 

 insect and flew with it to a secluded place among the low oaks on 

 the hillside. I saw one female laying eggs among the water 

 plants in Long Pond, and two others similarly engaged in one of 

 the small pond's about one hundred feet in diameter lying to the 

 South, but close to the main pond. The females sometimes 

 entirely immersed their aibdomens, and under such conditions must 

 run considerable risk of being devoured by fish and turtles. The 

 colors of the female in life are not nearly as bright as those of 

 the male, whose brick red abdomen and bright green thorax and 

 head make a beautiful and striking contrast as the insect darts 

 about in the sunlight, or poises itself at a safe distance and con- 

 templates its would-be collector. 



One of the females at Long Pond was captured on the wing 

 and a note made of her colors in life. The front, eyes and thorax 

 are bright green. The abdomen has the first two segments green, 

 and the succeeding seven mottled with brown and green. Five 

 segments have each six spots of green more or less well defined, 

 four of them observable from above and two from beneath. 

 Segments eight and nine have on the dorsal surface but one spot 

 each on either side of the abdomen and one spot each on either 

 side on the ventral surface. Segment ten is brownish above and 

 a little lighter beneath. 



On June 28, 191 3, I visited Wyandanch, Long Island, and saw 

 four male Anax longipes flying about the pond that lies to the 

 eastward of the village. One of them chased a Pyrameis atalanta 



