LIBELLULA AXILENA. 



Plate XLVII. fig. 1. 



Order : Neuroptera. Section : Subulicornes. Family : LibelluUdse, Leach. 



Genus. Libellula, Aiict. 



LiBELLULA Axilena. Capite raacnlis 5 albis, thoracis dorso lateribusque virescentibus, abdomine luteo dorso 



fusco ; alis albis hyalinis striga parva subcostali basali, margineque tenui (pone medium) nigris 



stigmate albo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.) 



Syn. I.ibellula Lydia, Drury, App. vol. 2. (nee vol. \.pl. il.fig. 1.) 

 Habitat: Virginia. 



Mouth white. Eyes contiguous. Antennae short and small, but distinct and plain when viewed 

 through a microscope. On the back part of the head are situated five white spots. Thorax golden 

 brown at top, the sides being of a pale green. Abdomen black at top, the sides being of a tawny 

 orange; beneath pale green. Wings transparent; each having a very narrow dark brown border, 

 beginning at the middle of the anterior edges and running round the tops, where it ends : a very narrow 

 black streak also is placed near these edges, close to the body, from whence it seems to issue, being 

 about a quarter of an inch in length. 



Our author having inadvertently applied the same name to this handsome species 

 virhich he had given to that figured in vol. 1. pi. 47. fig. 1, I have been compelled to give 

 this a new specific denomination. 



^ LIBELLULA EPONINA. 



Plate XLVlI. fig. 2. 



Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: Libellulidae, XeacA. 



Genus. Libellula, Auct. 



Libellula Eponina. Alls flavescentibus fasciis subtribus nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) 



Syn. Libellula Eponina, Brury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Syst. Ent. 2. 382. No. 39. 



Habitat: Boston, New England ('iJrury). Carolina (Fafrr.j. 



Mouth white. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen dark brown, the latter being clouded with 

 black. Wings of a yellowish hue, each having two dark brown bars crossing them, one a little distance 

 from the tips, the other near the middle of the wing ; between the latter and the body is placed a dark 

 brown spot with a streak above it, those on the inferior wings being largest and most distinct. 



LIBELLULA PORTIA. 



Plate XLVn. fig. 3. 



Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: Libellulidae, iracA. 

 Genus. Libellula, Auct. 



Libellula Portia. CtBrulescenti-nigra, alarum dimidio antico fusco-coeruleseenti nitido, postice bi-eraarginato. 

 (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Syn. Libellula Portia, Drury, App. vol. 2. 



Libellula marginata, Pal. Beauv. d'Afr. it d'Amer. New. pi. '2.fg. 6. Fabr. Ent Syst. ii. p. 380. 



Habitat : Sierra Leone. 



