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Again these stylurus-like Gomphines frustrated us. There were several of them which, as they dashed by, appeared to be black with a reddish terminal abdominal portion.
When we had given up seining we chased them for an hour, during which time Phil caught one as it got too close. Usually they would fly in a fairly straight, but often somewhat erratic, course from either downstream or upstream 100 yards as far as our entrance-point into the stream. As they swiftly approached us, they would suddenly veer around us, quite out of reach, go a short distance up or down, and come back again.
After our picnic lunch, I was determined to get one of these, so we took our stand again. Almost immediately four or five began to test our patience and zoomed by us. After a short, but trying time, what should appear but [[underlined]] Hagenius. [[/underlined]] From out of a tree-top it dropped, easy as you please, and plucked one of our [[underlined]] Gomphus [[/underlined]] from its course in mid-air. This was too much for us. We had tried too hard for these to let anything run off with one as easily as that. We saw where it landed, but I could not get it from the river bank, so Phil got up the bank and swatted it. The [[underlined]] Gomphus [[/underlined]] had its head off, but was otherwise in good shape. [[underlined]] Hagenius [[/underlined]] was broken.
Finally, after continuing the chase, at the end of 2 1/2 hours I netted one. at that we had to leave.

Transcription Notes:
Stylurus is a genus of dragonflies in the family Gomphidae Headless, but in good shape (hee)