| Title | Author | Page | 
                                    | In this Issue |  | 1-2 | | | 
                                
                                    | Robert Alrutz 1921-1997 |  | 2 | | | 
                                
                                    | Annual Meeting of the Ohio Odonata Society (OOS) |  | 2 | | | 
                                
                                    | Short Bits |  | 2 | | | 
                                
                                    | Spring Southeastern Meeting - Georgia On My Mind | Tennessen, K. | 2-3 | | | 
                                
                                    | International Odonatology: Participation and Peaceful Coexistence | May, M. | 3-5 | | | 
                                
                                    | The Northeastern D.S.A. Meeting Vermont / New York, June 21-22, 1997 | Novak, P. | 3 | | | 
                                
                                    | Somatochlora brevicincta in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia! | Brunelle, P. | 5 | | | 
                                
                                    | Communication from Jill Silsby, Secretary for the WDA |  | 5 | | | 
                                
                                    | Some Midwestern Odonata Records for 1997 | Beckemeyer, R. | 6 | | | 
                                
                                    | A Hybrid Ophiogomphus | Donnelly, N. | 7 | | | 
                                
                                    | Some Nebraska Odonata Specimens in the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insect Collection | Beckemeyer, R. | 7 | | | 
                                
                                    | New Odonata Records for Maine and New Hampshire | Paulson, D. | 7 | | | 
                                
                                    | Stylurus spiniceps Finally Verified for Michigan (Odonata: Gomphidae) | O'Brien, M. F. | 8-9 | | | 
                                
                                    | New Odonata Records for Idaho | Paulson, D. | 8 | | | 
                                
                                    | Somatochlora tenebrosa NOT in Michigan | O'Brien, M. | 9-10 | | | 
                                
                                    | The Second Coming of Argia lacrimans | Cole, J. | 10-11 | | | 
                                
                                    | Neoneura amelia, New to the United States | Nikula, B. | 11-12 | | | 
                                
                                    | Michigan Odonata Survey News (Williamsonia) |  | 12 | | | 
                                
                                    | Massachusetts Group Has a Productive Summer (Ode News) |  | 12 | | | 
                                
                                    | Ecuador IV - We Learn Some More | Tennessen, K. | 13-15 | | | 
                                
                                    | Ecuador Epilogue: A Trip to La Selva | Donnelly, N. | 15-16 | | | 
                                
                                    | Dragonflies Out of Africa | Paulson, D. | 17-20 | | | 
                                
                                    | Lestes forcipatus Oviposition | Holder, M. | 20-21 | | | 
                                
                                    | Space Age Marvels | Beckemeyer, R. | 21 | | | 
                                
                                    | Dragonfly Larvae Used for Impact Indicators in Lentic Habitats |  | 21 | | | 
                                
                                    | Specimens Tell Story of Migration -- But No Longer? | Paulson, D. | 22 | | | 
                                
                                    | 1997 Publications on Odonata of Other Lands | Beckemeyer, R. | 22-24 | | | 
                                
                                    | Review: Guidebook to Dragonflies of Taiwan (Part 1), Hsiau Yue Wang and John B. Heppner | Donnelly, N. | 24 | | | 
                                
                                    | Review: Status Survey and Conservation Plan. Dragonflies. Compiled by Norman W. Moore | Donnelly, N. | 24-25 | | | 
                                
                                    | Update from the IORI | Mauffray, B. | 25-26 | | | 
                                
                                    | Who Wants a Copy of Needham & Westfall's Dragonfly Manual? |  | 26 | | | 
                                
                                    | Errata: The Dragonflies of Washington BAO 4(4) |  | 26-27 | | | 
                                
                                    | Tramea | Sones, J. | 27-28 | | | 
                                
                                    | Continuation | Wilson, J. | 27 | | | 
                                
                                    | Address List - 10 January 1998 |  | 29-38 | | |