Cordiilia. 1 4 1 



vi. 89 (1836) ; Evans Brit. Lib. 24, pi. xiw, f. 3 '1845) • 

 Selys Mon. Lib. Eur. 67 (1840) ; Sely.s Rev. Odon. 75 

 (1850) ; Hag. Ent. Ann. 48 ^1857; ; McLach. Cat. Brit. 

 Neur 13 (1870J; Kirb)- S\-n. Cat. Neur. Odon. 52 

 (1890). 



Linnaeus' description. 



L. thorace a;neo-\-iridi (C. Linnftus, " S}-stema Xatune," 

 i. 544. n. 8, 1758 . Libcllula <tnea thorace asneo- 

 viridi. Libellula thorace \iridi nitido : Hneis flavis. aH.s 

 palHdi.s, abdomine nigro, En., 'jG'^. Descr. Caput ct thorax 

 viridia, nitida. Ociili .subfusci ; aUc flave.scente-alba; in 

 quibusdam ad basin flavre. Punctum marginale fuscum. 

 Abdomen cylindricum nigrum, subtus flavum marginis 



colore deam-ato : cauda diph\'lla, angusta 



^. Libellula \ iridi-inaurata ; alis pallidis, pedibus nigris. 

 Df.S(1<l. Pmicedenti simillima. Mas cauda 

 quadridentata, dentibus superioribus pilosis, inferioribus 

 singulis duplici denticulo. Eemin.'e cauda foliolis 2 

 lanceolatis. Caput, thorax, abdomen cupreo-inaurata. 

 Thorax pilosusabsque maculis ; margo alarum posticarum 

 pone \ersus abdomen macula membranacea. Oculi 

 ]jrasini. Labium pallidum. Abdomen subtus hinc inde 

 pallide albescens. (C. Linnreus, " Eauna Suecica," p. '^■,~lr 

 n. 1466, 1761. 



[In the tir>t ediiion (if the Fauna .Suecica (174'j) Linna."us 

 describe^ on i)aj,'e 231 two insect>, X()>. 7O.S and 7()'k without a 

 specific name, of course, as he had not then adopted his binomial 

 system of nomenclature. Of these, 76S may well apply to 

 Sotnatocliiora fla7'oinacitlala, and 769 to C. crnca. In 1758, in the 

 tenth edition of the " -Systema Xatura;," he puts the two tor;ether, 

 and first applies the specific name irnca. In the second edition of 

 the "Fauna Suecica" (1761) he attain separates them, and makes 

 the first (.S'. flavoiiiaculatn) cnwa, while the C. iTuca of to-day is 

 t:;iven as a variety (fi.) of the former. That this was the real view 



