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ANAX formosa, Vander Lin. plate 9, fig. 2.9 
Figured in Ann. de la Soc. Ent. Tom. 17. Zab. 5, f. 1. co 
as azurea. Charp. Tab. 17, 0 Tab. 45.9 
SyNnonyME Imperator. Lea. 
Length of body, from 3 inches to 3}. 
Expanse of wings, from 4 inches to 44. 
This handsome insect is not uncommon during the months of 
June and July in many neighbourhoods round London, and at 
Herne, Kent. 
The female has the abdomen fuscous at the base. 
AesHNA. Fabricius. 
Derivation of this name obscure. 
Stigma oblong—wings broad. 
fsuna rufescens. Vander Lin. plate 10, fig. 1. o 
SynonyMeE Dali. Leach. 
Length of body, from 2 inches 3, to 2 inches 7 lines. 
Expanse of wings, from 3 inches to 4 inches 8 lines. 
This species is figured from a specimen in Mr. Stephens’ cabinet, 
and is stated to be common at Yarmouth, and Whittlesea Mere, 
and to be occasionally found near London. 
It may readily be known by the accessory membrane of the 
wings being dark. 
fE. grandis. Lin. plate 10, fig. 2.c% 
Figured in Charp. Zab. 24. 
Burton’s Lect. on Ent. 
Donovan. vol. 10, pl. 337. fi 2. 
Harr. Exp. Eng. Ins. Zab. 12,f. 1. 
Reesel. vol. 2. aquat. Zab. 4, f. 13, 14. 
Schef. Icon. Zab. 60, f. 1, % Tab. 3, f. 4. 
SyNONYME flavipennis. 
De Geer. Tome 2. Tab. 20, fc 
4 fasciata. Mull. 
Length of body, 2 inches 7 to 2 inches 9 lines. 
Expanse of wings, 3 inches 10 to 4 inches. 
This fine insect is common during summer and autumn about 
London, in Kent, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, and 
Devonshire. 
The wings of the female are generally of a deeper yellow; and 
the inner margin of the hinder ones are rounded. 
