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British Dragonflies. 



Abdomen slender ; segments i, 2, 9, and 10 blue above 

 and below ; the rest bronze-green above ; brownish below, 

 dark along centre. Anal appendages black ; upper some- 

 what flattened, turned in at tip, with two strong 

 internal indentations ; lower straight, flattened at tip, 



not dilated. The shape of the 

 appendages will be best seen 

 from Fig. 39. 



Female Imag'o. 



The general bronze - green 

 colour has a distinct copper}- 

 tinge, often very pronounced. 

 Eyes greenish. P rothorax and 

 underside of rest of thorax dull 

 orange. Between the wings 

 orange. Legs brown, with a 

 black line. ]Vi)igs with a faint 

 yellowish-brown tinge. Abdomen 

 brownish-yellow at the sides and below, with a dark 

 line along the middle of the ventral surface ; on the 

 dorsal surface large bronze spots, which cover all but 

 the sutures ; first seg- 

 ment with a bronze-green 

 twin spot rounded off at 

 the anterior corners (Fig. 

 40) ; eleventh segment 

 small, brownish -yellow. 

 A nal appendages short, 



pointed, brownish. Ovipositor and 7'ak'es dark, reachin 

 to end of tenth segment and curved upwards at ti|). 



Fig. 39. — Anal Append- 

 ages OF Lestes sponsa 

 (Male). 



(After Hagen, in De Selys' 

 "Revue des Odonates.") 



Fig. 40. — Bronze spot on Seg- 

 ment I OF Lestes. 



((, dryas. 



b. sponsa. 



