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regarded as doubtful. The records of Haliday and De Selys were based on a 

 specimen supposed to liavc been taken in Ireland by Mr. Tardy. Dr. A. W. 

 Foot includes Lcstes nympha in his list of Wicklow Dragon-flies ; but as no 

 authority name is quoted, tliis record had ])etter l>e referred to the following 

 species. 



Distribution. — This widely spread European insect is apparently very local 

 in the Britannic area, having been observed chiefly in the fen districts of 

 Cambridge, Essex, and Lincolnshire. Europe and northern Asia to 

 Amurland (.fiw). 



Lestes sponsa (Hausem.). 



MUNSTEK. CONNAUGHT. LeINSTER. ULSTER. 



M. — Kerry (Killarney, Dale collection ; Kenmare ; Waterville ; Parkna- 

 silla ; Kilbrean Lough). Cork (Ballygriffin woods ; East and West Cork, 

 Balfour Browne). Waterford (Cappagh Lough). C. — C4alway (Eoss Lake 

 near Gal way). L. — Wexford (banks of Slaney). Wicklow [Lestes nijinjjlia, 

 Foot). Westmeath (near Athlone). U. — Monaghan (Emyvale and Glaslough, 

 exceedingly common on both bogs and lakes, Morton). Donegal (Coolmore). 



Widespread, though apparently less common in the east than in the south 

 of Ireland. 



Distribution. — Great Britain (in suitable places from Kent to Inverness at 

 least). Common in northern (Finland, &c.) and central Europe, ranging to 

 Amurland and Japan {Bis). 



[Lestes harlara, Fab. 



"Ireland? A male in the Dublin Museum under the name of nympha" 

 {Dc Selys, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1846). " Un male du Museum de Dublin 

 est indique comma ayant ^te pris en Irlande " {De Selys, " llevue des 

 Odonates," ISoOj. 



Extremely doubtful. The only evidence of the occurrence of this Dragon- 

 fly in the Britannic area is furnished by De Selys, who saw a reputed Irish 

 specimen in Trinity College Museum more than fifty years ago. No trace 

 of this specimen is now to be found. According to a note in Mr. Haliday's 

 MS. "Catalogue of Irish Insects," the specimen in question was taken by 

 J. Tardy, but its Irish origin was evidently doubted by Haliday. Under the 

 circumstances it seems best to relegate this species to the list of reputed 

 liritish insects — a course which has already been adopted by Mr. Lucas in his 

 work on British Dragon-llies (1900). 



Distribution. — Lestes barbara is Mediterranean in its habitat, ranging from 

 Portugal and Algeria to Asia Minor, becoming more local and sporadic in 

 its occurrence towards central Europe. Kaslniur, Persia, and Turkestan. 



