natural, history

16. ODONATA, NEUROPTERA AND TRICHOPTERA JBYD. E. KIMMINSBRITISH MUSEUM (NAT. HIST.), LONDONLIEFTINCK (1949) records only one species of Odonata from Rennell Island, Orthetrumsabina (Drury). The collections made by the Danish and British Expeditions, totallingnearly 300 specimens, have added another eight species to the list, apart from the fragmentsof an Aeshnid nymph found in the stomach contents of a fish. Not one of thespecies appears to be endemic to Rennell Island, although one has so far been recordedonly from the Solomon Islands. All the other species have a very wide distribution.The Neuroptera comprise three species of Myrmeleonidae and two examples ofChrysopidae larvae; the Trichoptera are represented by one species only. Not one isendemic to Rennell Island and all are fairly widely distributed.ODONATASub-order ZYGOPTERAZygopterous nymphsSt. L. 368, Te-Avamanggu, rock-pool, 18.Oct. 1951. - fragments (Dan. Exp.)St. L. 368, Te-Avamanggu, rock pool, stomach contents of goby (Eleotris). I8.Oct.1951 - fragments (Dan. Exp.)St. L 377, Lake Te-Nggano, stomach contents of goby (Eleotris) , 22.Oct. 1951 -fragments (Dan. Exp.)FAMILY COENAGRIIDAEPseudagrion microcepbaJum (Rambur, 1842)Hutuna, 14.-31. Oct., 12.-18. Nov. 1953 - 540, 12