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greenish ; thorax lutescent, with a fuscous dorsal line, and the sides with 

 irregular yellow streaks, and black zigzag lines ; abdomen yellowish, the 

 lower half of each segment black, the 8th and 9th black, with a yellow spot, 

 the margins of all with a fine black line ; legs pale red, black exteriorly ; 

 wings hyaline, those of the female, especially the hinder pair, yellowish at 

 the base : stigma rather long, pale brown in the male, yellow in the female. 



Taken in the New Forest, in June. 



Sp. 10. rufostigma. Alis sordide kyalinis bast croceis, stigmate rufo, pedibus 

 nigris : maris corpore rufo; foeminae olivaceo lined dorsali nigra. (Long. 

 Corp. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 2 unc. 10 lin. — 2 unc.) 



Li. rufostigma. Ent. Mag, (Newman) v. i. p. 512. — Stepk. Nomen. 2d edit. 

 Appendix. 



Male fine yellowish-red ; sides of the thorax yellowish, with irregular oblique 

 black streaks ; abdomen with a blackish line beneath ; legs black, the 

 anterior femora sometimes yellowish at the base ; wings hyaline, stained 

 throughout with brown, with a saffron-coloured spot at the base, largest on 

 the posterior pair ; stigma red, brightest in the males. Female differs in 

 being olivaceous, the sides of the thorax of a brighter yellow, varied with 

 oblique black lines; abdomen with the three or four terminal segments 

 having a black dorsal line, and the sides of the others occasionally blackish. 



Abundant in various places within the metropolitan district, in the 

 summer and beginning of autumn, especially at Birch wood, Coombe 

 &c. Found also in the New Forest and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 11. angustipennis. Olivucea, alis hyalinis basi croceis, stigmate at/ o, pedibus 

 nigris, femorum basi litteis, thoracis lateribvs JIavis nigro lineatis. (Long, 

 corp. 1 unc. 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 2 unc. 1 lin.) 



Li. angustipennis. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Appendix. 



Face yellow ; forehead with a dusky streak ; eyes greenish ; thorax olivaceous, 

 the sides yellow, with oblique irregular black lines, the disc with a black T; 

 abdomen olivaceous, the terminal segments with a faint oblique black streak 

 on each, and the three last with a black dorsal line ; legs black, with the 

 base of all the femora luteous ; wings long and narrow, perfectly hyaline, 

 the base of each with an irregular safFron-coIoured patch ; stigma deep 

 black. 



Found in June, near London. 



Sp. 12. vulgata. Mas rufescens : foemina olivacea, alis sordide hyalinis basi vix 

 croceis, stigmate infumato,femoribus tibiisque JIavis, lineis nigris, tar sis nigris- 

 (Long. corp. 1 unc. 4 — 7§ lin.; Exp. Alar. 2 unc. 1 — 4 lin.) 



Li. vulgata. Linne. — Donovan, v. x. pi. 337 Steph. Catal. 309. No. 3437. 



Male dull red ; thorax yellowish on the sides, with irregular oblique black 



