﻿THE ENTOMOLOGIS'l 



Vol. XLVIII.l MARCH, 1915. TNo. 622 



ODONATA, &c., TAKEN BY Dr. T. A. CHAPMAN IN 

 JULY AND IN MAY, 1914. 



By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 



(Plate III.) 



With his usual kindness Dr. Chapman secured for me in 

 July last a few Pyrenean insects belonging to the orders 

 Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Neuroptera, and Trich- 

 optera. We must still, I fear, describe these orders as 

 "neglected," but if other lepidopterists would in the same way 

 spare a little time occasionally for entomology in general, the 

 objectionable epithet would soon tend to become inapplicable. On 

 the present occasion I have particularly to thank Dr. Chapman 

 for enabling me to obtain a figure and description of the nymph 

 of that very interesting dragonfly, Sympetnim flaveolum, which, 

 like the Peacock Butterfly, is in Britain on the verge of its 

 permanent habitation, apparently indeed just outside it. 

 S. flaveolum occurs here as a migrant, not in most seasons as 

 does V. cardui, but only very occasionally, though it is quite 

 possible that after a large migration British -born examples may 

 occur for a season or two, as may also be the case with 

 S. fonscolombii. I am not aware that either the description or the 

 figure of these nymphs has so far appeared ; I have therefore 

 prepared both for S. flaveolum from the material which Dr. 

 Chapman has supplied. 



During his visit to the Pyrenees Dr. Chapman's headquarters 

 ■were : Gavarnie in the Central Pyrenees (July 12th-31st) at an 

 altitude of 4430 ft., and Gabas in the Eastern Pyrenees (July 

 8th-llth) at an altitude of 3690 ft. In each case collecting was 

 done chiefly up-hill, as high as 8000 ft. from Gavarnie and 

 6000 ft. from Gabas. The collection, though not an extensive 

 one, was widely scattered over the Insecta, and I have to thank 

 Mr. K. J. Morton and Piev. A. E. Eaton for assisting me with 

 the identification of some of the species. 



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