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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  For 
  location 
  of 
  descriptions 
  of 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  some 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  Hkely 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  when 
  careful 
  collecting 
  is 
  done, 
  

   consult 
  the 
  three 
  bibliographic 
  lists 
  mentioned 
  on 
  p. 
  431. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  27Somatochlora 
  tenebrosa 
  Say, 
  end 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  j 
  and 
  fc 
  of 
  male 
  ; 
  I 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  

   (appendages 
  omitted) 
  

  

  CORDULIA 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  our 
  fauna. 
  

   Cordulia 
  shurtleffi 
  Scudder 
  

  

  1866Cordulia 
  shurtleffi 
  Scudder, 
  Bost. 
  soc. 
  nat. 
  hist. 
  Proc. 
  10: 
  217 
  

   1871 
  Cordulia 
  shurtleffi 
  Hagcu, 
  Bost. 
  soc. 
  nat. 
  hist. 
  Proc. 
  15 
  : 
  377 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  hitherto 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  

   state. 
  It 
  was 
  common 
  at 
  Saranac 
  Inn. 
  A 
  few 
  imagos 
  were 
  observed 
  

   flying 
  about 
  the 
  hatchery 
  grounds, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  creek, 
  but 
  their 
  favorite 
  

   resort 
  for 
  foraging 
  and 
  sport 
  was 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  a 
  boggy 
  pond 
  hidden 
  in 
  the 
  

   deep 
  woods 
  — 
  such 
  a 
  pond, 
  for 
  instance, 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  or 
  the 
  one 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Little 
  Clear 
  

   pond 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  cabins. 
  I 
  spent 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  pleasantest 
  hours 
  of 
  

   the 
  summer 
  collecting 
  on 
  the 
  springy 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  pond 
  first 
  named, 
  

   immersed 
  to 
  the 
  knees 
  in 
  the 
  sinking 
  sphagnum 
  moss, 
  a 
  floating 
  islet 
  of 
  

   sphagnum, 
  decked 
  with 
  beautiful 
  orchids, 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  strait 
  

   of 
  clear 
  green 
  water 
  at 
  my 
  feet. 
  The 
  Cordulias 
  would 
  fly 
  along 
  

   this 
  strait 
  between 
  the 
  islet 
  and 
  the 
  moss 
  on 
  which 
  I 
  stood, 
  and 
  

   within 
  reach 
  of 
  my 
  net. 
  There 
  were 
  generally 
  a 
  dozen 
  or 
  more 
  about 
  at 
  

   a 
  time, 
  and 
  one 
  could 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  traverse 
  the 
  strait 
  every 
  few 
  min-. 
  

   utes 
  — 
  often 
  enough 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  collector 
  interested. 
  So 
  fleet 
  are 
  they, 
  

   however, 
  and 
  so 
  artful 
  at 
  dodging 
  a 
  net 
  that 
  generally 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  

   minutes 
  elapsed 
  between 
  captures. 
  Their 
  flight 
  is 
  as 
  free 
  and 
  graceful 
  

   as 
  their 
  coloration 
  is 
  beautiful. 
  Rarely 
  was 
  one 
  seen 
  to 
  ahght, 
  but 
  oc- 
  

  

  