INS E C TS. 
ORDER 
NEUROPTERA. 
LIBELLULA. DRAGON-FLY. 
Generic Character. 
Os inaxillosum, maxillis 
pluribus. 
Antemice brevissimae. 
Ala exstensse. 
Cauda maris hamoso-forci- 
pata. 
Mouth furnished with seve- 
ral jaws. 
Antenna very short. 
Wings four, extended. 
Tail (in the male) hook- 
forcipated. j 
/ 
In this genus the mouth is furnished with several 
lateral mandibles, denticulated at the tip : 'the 
antennae are very short, being merely a pair of 
small hairs: the wings large and spreading, and 
the body lengthened. 
The Libellulae or Dragon-Flies, sometimes called 
by the very improper title of Horse-Stingers, ex- 
hibit an instance scarcely less striking than the 
V. VI. p. II. l6 
