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LIST OF BRITISH DRAGON-FLIES— continued. 



Name. 



Geographical Distribution. 



Habitat. 



Time of Appearance. 



1 7. Onycho-gomphus 



forcipatns. 

 iS. Gomphus tntlgatis- 

 simus. 



19. G.flavipes . 



20. Condulegaster an- 



nulatus. 



21. Anax formosus 



22. Brackytron pra- 



tense. 



23. sEschna mixta 



24. sE. borealis 



25. JE. juncea . 



26. sE. cyanea. 



27. sE. grandis 



28. sE. ru/escens . 



29. Calopteryx virgo . 



30. C. splendens 



31. Lestes barbara . 



32. Z. vire?is . 



33. L. nympha. 



34. Z. sponsa . 



35. Z. viridis . 



36. Platycnemis pen- 



nipes. 



37. Enallagma cyathi- 



gerum. 



38. Agrion mercuriale . 



39. ^4. pulchellum . 



40. A.puella . 



41. Ischnura ptimilio . 



42. Z elega.7is . 



43. Pyrrhoso?na mini- 



um. 



44. Z^. tenellum , 



45. Erythromma najas 



England ; one specimen only 



England, Ireland ; very local Streams and rivers 



England ; one specimen at 



Hastings in 1S1S. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



local, but not rare. 

 England ; local in the south 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



very local. 

 England, Scotland ; very 



local and rare. 

 Scotland ; very local and 



rare (Rannock in Perth- 

 shire). 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



common, particularly in 



the north. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



common in the south. 



England, Sc Uand, Ireland ; 



local, not uncommon in 



the south. 

 England, in the south and 



south-east, local and very 



rare. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



very common everywhere. 



Ditto 



Ireland (?) 



England ; twice only in the 



New Forest. 

 England, Ireland ; very 



local. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



local, but not uncommon. 

 England ; once only in the 



New Forest. 

 England, Scotland ; not un- 

 common, but local. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



common everywhere. 

 England ; very local in the 



south. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



common. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



very common everywhere. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



very local and rare. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



common everywhere. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland ; 



very common everywhere. 

 England ; very local in the 



south. 

 England, Ireland ; very local 



and rare. 



Streams and rivers . 



Streams and ponds . 

 Ponds, gravel-pits, marshes, 

 etc. 



Ponds 



Ponds, marshes, woods, etc. 



Open spaces in woods, fields, 

 lanes, ponds, heaths, gar 

 dens, etc. 



Ditto .... 



Marshes'and ponds 



Rivers and streams 

 Ditto ..... 



Ponds and marshes 

 Ditto . . . . 



Ponds, rivers, and moist 



meadows. 

 Ponds, lakes, and moist 



meadows. 

 Ponds, marshes, and moist 



meadows. 

 Ditto 



Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 



End of May to 



August. 

 August 5th. 



June to August. 



June and July. 

 June. 



July. 



June and July. 



July and August. 



June to October. 



June to August. 



July. 



June to August. 

 Ditto. 



July. 



July and August. 



June and July. 

 June to August. 

 June and July. 

 Ditto. 



May to July. 

 May to August. 

 May to July. 

 April to July. 

 May to July. 

 Ditto. 



Note. — The author of the above will be glad to correspond with anyone who is interested in dragon- 

 flies. He will also be pleased to render assistance at any time to readers of Science-Gossip in the 

 identification of specimens, provided stamps be sent for the return postage. His address is Ladywood, 

 Birmingham. 



