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Front of the head yellow. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen pale reddish brown ; the former 

 striped obliquely with green on its sides, the latter spotted with yellow on the top. Legs dusky yellowish 

 green. Wings brownish yellow, with a small dark streak (almost black) placed on the anterior edges of 

 each, near the tips. 



AGRION TITIA. 



Plate XLV. 6g. 5. 



Order : Neuroptera. Section : Subulicomes. Family : Libellulidse, Leach. Subfamily ; Agiionides. 



Genus. Aohion, Fabr. Calepteryx, Leach. Libelliila p. Drury. 



Agrion Titia. Atra ; dimidio basali alarum anticarum fusco, plag& magna intern^ sanguinea, apice fusco ; 

 posticis fuscis macule hyalina subapicali. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Llbellula Titia, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : Bay of Honduras. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Eyes distant. Legs black. Anterior wings next the body red ; 

 which is surrounded, except on the posterior edges, with dark brown, occupying half the wings ; the 

 other half is transparent, with a dusky spot at the tips. When the insect is placed on a dark ground, the 

 transparent parts of the wings appear to be surrounded with a small narrow edging of a grey colour. 

 Posterior wings dark brown, with a transparent spot on each, situated about an eighth of an inch from 

 the tips. 



LIBELLULA VARIEGATA. 



Plate XLVI. fig. I. 



Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicomes. Family: Libellulidse, Leach. 



Genus. Libellula, Linn. Sfc. 



Libellula Variegata. Alia flavis fuaco maculatis et undulatis, posticis versus apieem macule magna fusca, 

 puncto flavo ; apice albo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc.) 



Syn. Libellula variegata, Linn. Am. Acad. 6. 412. 86. Syst. Nat. 1. 2. 904. 18. 

 Libellula Histrio, Fabr. Mant. Ins. 1. 337. 24. 10. 



Libellula Indica, Fabr. Mnt. Syst. 2. 376. Guirin Icm. R. An. Ins. pi. GO.Jig. 1. 

 Libellula Arria, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Habitat : China, India. 



Front of the head black. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen black. Anterior wings trans- 

 parent for about two-fifths next the extremities, having a small black streak on the anterior edges near 

 the tips ; the remaining part of these wings dark yellow, with a broad, irregidar, dark brown bar crossing 

 the middle, and a spot of the same colour placed between that and the body. Posterior wings very 

 deep, and of the same dark yellow with the anterior, except the tips, which are transparent; and joining 

 thereto is a large dark brown patch, with an oval yellow spot near its centre ■ an irregular, waved, dark 

 brown bar runs along the posterior edges, beginning at the abdominal corners and ending about the 

 middle of the wings : another waved bar runs along the anterior edges, beginning at the body and end- 

 ing also at the middle of the wings ; the extremities of the two bars nearly meeting, or joining together. 



