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beats up and down the middle of the lake, seldom coming near 
shore. I made careful search during June, 1899, but did not 
see any at these lakes.” 
Two other reports of observations of the species seen on the 
wing, but not taken, appear in literature: one by Mr. Daecke, 
at Lucaston, New Jersey, another by Dr. P. P. Calvert, near 
Poyntelle, Pennsylvania. 
The specimen taken by Mr. Philpott is a fine male, having 
a total length of 81 millimeters to the tip of the appendages; total 
expanse 112 millimeters; third femur including the trochanter 
17 millimeters; third tibia 13 millimeters; abdomen exclusive 
appendages 53 millimeters; superior appendages (} millimeters; 
hind wing 53 millimeters and greatest width of hind wing 14 
millimeters. The frons is plain green all over, thorax green, 
first two segments of the abdomen mostly green, somewhat 
reddish in parts, abdomen otherwise brick red, membranule 
dark gray, paler at extreme base, hind wing widest at base grad¬ 
ually narrowed towards apex. Compared with Anax junius 
from the same locality, longpipes is slenderer, the wings are 
narrower, the frons is unmarked and the abdomen is colored 
very differently. 
Anax longipes may be considered a tropical species by pre¬ 
ference, for most specimens have been taken well south, however, 
its range is from Brazil to Massachusetts. Its capture is recorded 
from Brazil, 15 degrees south of the Equator, while the Massachu¬ 
setts locality is 42 degrees north of the Equator. It does not 
appear that more than a score of specimens are in the collections 
of the world. 
Mr. Philpott has donated the specimen to the Ohio State 
University and it will be placed in the Kellicott collection of 
Ohio Odonata. 
Date of Publication, December IS, 1913. 
