Sympctnuii. yy 



3. Sympetrum fonscolombii, Selys. 



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(Plate II.). 



Synonymy. 



Lilhilnla fonscoloiiibii, Sel\'.s Mon. Lib. PLur. 49 (1840); 

 Selys Rev. Odon. ly (1850). L. foiiscolombis, Hag. Ent. 

 Ann. 43 (1857;. Sympetrum fonscolombii, McLach. 

 Cat. Brit. Neur. 12 (1870) ; Kirby Syn. Cat. Neur. Odon. 

 14 (1890). L. flavcola, Fonsc. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 

 144 (1837). L. crythroncnra, Schneid. Stett. ent. Zeit. 

 vi. Ill (1845). 



De Selys' description. 



Diat::!;)iosc. Parastigma grand, jaune. La base des 

 ailes inferieures et un vestige a celle des superieures 

 jaune-safrane. Les cuisses noires, jaunes en dehors. 

 Abdomen a peine plus court que les ailes, jaunatre (rouge 

 chez les males adultes). (E. De Selys-Longchamps, 

 " Monographie des Libellulidees d'Europe," p. 49, 1840^ 

 He also gives a comparison with 6". viilgatum). 



Size. 



Length of Male, 39mm. ; expanse of wings, 60mm. (a 

 continental specimen). Length of Female, 39-5 mm ; 

 expanse of wings, 64mm. (a Spanish specimen, probabh' 

 rather large\ 



Male Imago. 



Head. Face red, shading to yellow at the sides. Eyes 

 reddish-brown above, bluish-grey beneath, changing to 

 blackish after death. Lower /// dusk)', upper bright red ; 



