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probably her first ovum, laid 123 more, each loose by itself, in my box ; 
and to von Siebold’s observation on Z. scotica, Don., I have now to 
add the fact, that its near ally Z. flaveola, L., also drops her eggs, guided 
by the male, during flight, singly, each at a distance, loosely in the water, 
and not in bunches attached to any object. On the 3rd, and again on 
the 10th September, I re-witnessed the facts here detailed at the same 
pond, but without actually seeing an egg dropped. En revanche, having 
on the latter day induced a collector, whom I accidentally met, to catch 
a few of these dragon-flies, I saw a dying, pinned 9? deposit her eggs in 
one bunch in his box. But, from the flaccid condition and great soft- 
ness of these eggs, I conclude that they are not impregnated, and were 
only got rid of in the dying struggles of the insect. This incident, 
however, serves to show how careful we ought be to abstain from as- 
suming that vital functions are performed in a similar way under natural 
and artificial conditions. ‘“ Experientia docet,’ that false and real data 
lie sometimes very close together, and that it will always bea great tax 
on the human mind to discern between the two. I have preserved in 
spirits both the unimpregnated egg-bunch and the mature loose eggs. 
South Norwood, S.E., ilth September, 1871. 
NOTES ON CARABIDA, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES (No. 9). 
IB Yee Hi.) Wie BAS TERS. sb Z 8). 
LOXANDRUS SUBCORDICOLLIS, n. sp.— Elongato-oblongus, niger, 
politissimus, late iridescens, antennis, lubro, palpis pedibusque rufo-fulvis ; 
thorace antice late rotundato, postice valde sinuato-angustato, angulis pos- 
ticis prominulis, basi grosse pauciter punctato, fovea utrinque lata pro- 
funda ; elytris profunde striatis ; abdomine piceo-rufo. 
, Long. 8% lin. 8. 
Distinguished from LZ. xanthopus chiefly by the thorax being dilated 
anteriorly and conspicuously narrowed behind ; in front it is not much 
narrower than the base of the elytra. 
St. Paulo, Upper Amazons. 
LoxaNDRUS CURTONOTUS, n. sp.—Oblongus, piceo-niger, politus, 
iridescens ; labro, antennis, palpis pedibusque rufo-fulvis ; thorace brevi, 
transverso, antice rotundato, postice modice angustato, angulis posticis 
prominulis, supra toto basi punctato, fovea utringue profunda, elytris 
punctato-striatis ; subtus rufo-piceo, episternis impunctatis. 
Long. 33 lin. f 3. 
Closely-allied to the preceding, but a distinctly broader and more 
robust insect, and distinguished by its punctured strie. 
Kga. 
