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f. Legs black, externally yellow ; abdomen reddish- 

 olive IN THE ADULT <? . 



6. L. flaveola, L. ; Revue, p. 33; Steph. Charp. pi. 9. 

 Length 16 lin. ; exp. 26 lin. 



Habitat England, Scotland ; local. 



Yellowish, the base of the wings {the posterior pair 

 to a third or more) tinged with saffron ; pterostigma 

 short, yellow ; anal appendages of the $ straight ; 

 nervures of the wings blachish. 



7. L. Fonscolombis, Selys ; Revue, p. 37. 

 Length 17 lin. ; exp. 28 lin. 



Habitat near London (a single ? in the collection of the 

 British Museum, formerly in that of Mr. Stephens). 



Yellowish or reddish ; base of the wings tinged with 

 saffron ; pterostigma large, yellow ; posterior tibiae 

 of the $ black externally ; upper anal appendages 

 of the $ slightly geniculated ; most of the nervures 

 reddish. 



8. L. meridionalis, Selys ; Revue, p. 39. 



Length 16 lin. ; exp. 26 lin. 



Habitat near London ; two $> in the collections of Evans 

 and Wailes. 



Yellowish, sides of the thorax immaculate ; wings hya- 

 line, almost uncoloured at the base; pterostigma 

 narrow, yellow; vulvar scale of the $> not projecting , 

 rounded. 



9. L. striolata, Charp. ; Revue, p. 40. L. vulgata, 



Steph. ; Ev. Charp. pi. 10. 

 Length 17 lin. ; exp. 28 lin. 

 Habitat England, Scotland, Ireland. 

 Olivaceous, sides of the thorax with three oblique black 



streaks ; the incisures of the abdominal segments, and 



