Libel I Ilia. 119 



9. Libellula fulva, ^lull. 



(Plate VI.) 



Synonymy. 



Lib. fiilva. Mull. Faun. Ins. Fridr. 62. n. 544 (1764) ; 

 Selys Rev. Odon. 9 (1850); HaL,^ Fnt. Ann. 41 (1857); 

 McLach. Cat. Brit. Neur. 12 (1870). Lcptctnnii fulviiin, 

 Kirby .S}'n. Cat. Xeur. Odon. 26 (1890). Lib. 

 fridricJischdcnsis, ^liill. Faun. In.s. Fridr. 62, n. 

 549 ( 1764). Lib conspnrcata, Fabr. Fnt. Syst. (Suppl.) 

 283 (1798); Steph lUustr. Brit. Fnt., ?iland. vi. 91 

 (1836); Sely.s Mon. Lib. Fur. 35 (1840J ; Charp. Lib. 

 Eur. 59, t. 2 (1840); F\ans Brit. Lib. 25, pi. 16, f. 3 

 (1845J. Lib. fitgax\ Harr. F.xpos. luig. Ins., 156, t. 46, f. 2, 

 (1782). Lib. qitadrifasciata, Don. Brit. Ins. xii., t. 425 

 (1807). Lib. biinaculata, Steph. Illustr. Brit. Ent., 

 Mand. vi. 92 (1836); Evans, Brit. Lib. 26 (1845). 



Miiller's description. 



Libellula fulva, alis basi fulvescentibus macula 

 marginali nisj^ra : thorace abdomineque fuho. (Miiller, 

 "Fauna Insectoruni Fridrichsdalina," p. 62, n. 544, 1764.) 



Size. 



Length of Male, 44mni. ; expanse of wings, 74miTi. 

 Length of Female, 45mm. ; expanse of A\ings, 75mm. 



Male Imago. 



Head very dark. Eyes ashy-blue. Thoj-ax hair\', dark 



brown in ver\' adult specimens, but lighter in younger 



ones. Legs black, except femora, which are brown 



