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McLach. Cat. Brit. Neur. 16 (1870); Kirby Syn. Cat. 

 Neur. Odon. 160 (1890). Lcsics ujnnpJia, Steph. Illustr. 

 Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. "jj (1836); (?) Evans Brit. Lib. 

 18 (1845). Agrion forcipiila, Charp. Hor. Ent. 6 

 (1825) ; Charp. Lib. Eur. 141, t. 34, f. 1,2 (1840). Lestes 

 forcipitla, Steph. Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi., y^ (1836); 

 Evans Brit. Lib. 18, pi. 6, f. 4 (1845). Agrion picteti, 

 Fonsc. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii., 557, t. 13, f. 4 (1838). 

 Agrion spcctridit, Kol. Bull. Mosc. xxix. (^4) 501 (1856). 



Hansemann's description. 



" A. alis patulis petiolatis hyalinis, stigmatibus oblongis 

 nigris, capite immaculato, thorace supra viridi, maris 

 immaculato, fctminai subtrilineato." Then follows a 

 long account of the insect in German. (J. W. A. 

 Hansemann, "Wiedemann's Zoologisches Magazin," vol. ii., 

 p. 159, 1823;. 



Size. 



Length of Male, 37mm. to 39mm. ; expanse of wings, 

 40mm. to 44mm. Length of Female, 3 5 "5 to 39mm. ; 

 expanse of wings, 43mm. to 47mm. 



Male Imago. 



Face yellow ; top of head between the eyes dark 

 green, below bluish ; ocelli conspicuous. Eyes blue. 

 Prothorax powdered with blue ; two large bronze-green 

 spots on the dorsal surface. Thorax bronze-green above, 

 powdered with blue below ; between the wings also 

 powdered with blue. Legs black, except under side of 

 femora, which is }'ellowish. Wings hyaline, rather closely 

 meshed. Ptcrostigina rather narrow, long, almost black. 



