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of females having occurred in Prussia with wings 

 coloured as in the male. He also describes northern and 

 southern forms which occur on the Continent, and 

 which he considers are due to ditTerence of climate. In 

 Britain the northern form is found. 



Fig. 37. — Nymph of Calopteryx splendens. 

 (X 2.) 



Egg- 

 See Calopteryx virgo (page 2i8j. 



Nymph (Fig. zj)- 

 Body warm brown, but not of a uniform tint (a female 

 bred 1898 was very pale); long and slender; length. 



