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Title: Annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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L. H. Joutel, 1900 James B. Lyon, State Printer LEUCORHINIA GLACiALIS Reprint from N.Y. State Museum Bulletin, 47. ) REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 517 Sympetrum rubiciindiilnm Say. Occurs in the Saranac region. It is a commonspecies. Sympetrum obtrusum Hagen. Occurs in the Saranac region and is a commonspecies. Mesoihemis simplicicollis Say. This widely distributed species is much morecommon southward and westward. A single specimen was seen at Saranac Inn. Ladonia julia Uhler. This dragon fly was very common at Saranac Inn. Itbegan to appear in numbers June 13, and the imagos were abundant along everyroadside during the remainder of the month. Females were only a little lessabundant than males. Nymphs were numerous in trashy places in the borders ofLittle Clear and Bone Ponds, and few Avere found in Little Clear Creek. Libcllula basalis Say. One imago and one nymph were taken at Saranac Inn.
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FIG. 3. LIBELLULA PULCHELLA DRURY. Libelhda quadrimaculata Linn. This form occurred sparingly at Saranac Inn.A few imagos were observed sitting on twigs which rose directly a few feet out ofthe water. They were shy and difficult to capture, and when disturbed wouldrarely return to the same vicinity. Libellula pulcJiella Drury. This dragon fly was not common at Saranac Inn,and but few specimens were seen. I*i5l) Flies, Dobson and Others- This group as now defined includes such well-known insects as ant lions, aphislions, the dobson and other allied species, and while the appearance of these variousforms differs in many respects, still they have certain affinities which have led totheir being placed in a single order. 518 REPORT OF THE The aquatic members of this family comprise the alder or orl fiies, fish flies, the;dobson and the smaller forms to which Dr. Needham has given the common nameof Spongilla or Sponge flies. The family Sialidcz includes some of the more common aquatic speci

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