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BRIEF NOTE shaded here, in partial contrast to Walker and Corbet's (1975) description of ken- KENNEDYI nedyi's typical habitat (slow streams WALKER (: CORDULI- 1 flowing through open bogs and marshes). IDAE), A NEW OHIO An earlier work by Walker (1925) men- tioned an affinity of this dragonfly for partly shaded situations. Other life forms For about twenty years an unidentified observed at Chapel Creek included: dragonfly from northern Ohio has resided snakes (Elaphe, Natrix, Thamnophis), in one of my collection cases. I took it turtles (Chelydra), frogs (Rana, crayfish at Chapel'Creek near Vermilion, Ohio, (Cambarus), game fish (Idalurus, Lepi- outside my usual study area, so it had sosteus, Micropterus). low priority for further classification. We visited the Chapel Creek area July R. A. Restifo and I recently examined 1975; it was little changed superficially. the specimen and determined it to be The only odonate observed was Calop- Somatochlora kennedyi Walker, not before teryx maculata. A fine blue heron (Ar- taken, to our knowledge, in Ohio. dea) was seen just above the Penn Cen- Walker (1925) reported kennedyi from: tral bridge, but little other life. Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Though no confirming data were col- Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Maine, lected, I would question that Chapel Massachusetts, Michigan, and New York. Creek is as clean and productive as once Needham and Westfall (1955) listed New it was. More intensive collecting over a Hampshire, and Walker and Corbet longer time period would be needed to (1975) added Wisconsin to its range. confirm Somatochlora kennedyi's exact Chapel Creek flows northward through present status there. Erie County near Vermilion, Ohio and Acknowledgments. Thanks are given to: empties into Lake Erie at Beulah Beach. R. A. Restifo for identifying the specimen, It is a small stream (average width about James and John Bodmer and Melissa and five meters) with a gentle gradient and a James Perry for their help with field work, rock, sand, and gravel bottom occasion- and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kishman for per- ally strewn with larger rocks. The valley mission to study and collect on their property. through which Chapel Creek flows is —T. E. PERRY, Memorial School, thickly wooded former pasture land. Mentor, Ohio 44060. Surrounding landscape is flat to gently rolling cultivated farm country. LITERATURE CITED Needham, J. G. and M. J. Westfall, Jr. 1955. Our dragonfly, a male, was taken July A Manual of the of North 1955. Several were seen flying rapidly America (Anisoptera). University of Cali- above the stream at heights of less than fornia Press, Berkeley. 615 pp. one to several meters, all within a lo- Walker, E. M. 1925. The North American Dragonflies of the Genus Somatochlora. Uni- calized area near a bend; none were seen versity of Toronto Studies, Biological Series, to alight. The creek is moderately No. 26. 202 pp. Walker, E. M. and P. S. Corbet. 1975. The xNote received January 22, 1976 and in re- Odonata of Canada and Alaska. University vised form May 10, 1976 (#76-7). of Toronto Press, Toronto. Vol. 3. 307 pp.