On a dragonfly collection from Syria

Odonatological results of 3 excursions to the Middle East are summarised and the zoogeographic importance of Odonata it this area is discussed. Ischnura evansi Morton, I. fountainei Morton, and Brachythemis fuscopalliata (Sel.) are new to Syria. In the Gab rift valley (Orontes River), Coenagrion l. lindeni (Sel.) was found, rather than C. l. zernyi (Schmidt), described from northern Palestine. C. puella syriaca Morton is not regarded as bona species, but as a subspecies of C. puella (L.).