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BRITISH SPECIES 



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27. C. virgo Linn. <$ abd 35 39, hw 27 36 by 10 11 wide, pt absent. 

 Wings dark brown, with bright metallic blue reflections, except at extreme 

 base and tip. Body metallic blue. $ hw about 1 mm. narrower. Wings 

 uniformly dark brownish; a small white false pt present. Body metallic 

 green ; a median yellow line on abd. 8 10. Common. May Sept. 



28. C. splendens Harris (fig. 177). <$ abd 33 39, hw 27 36, by 9 10 

 wide, pt absent. Wings hyaline, with a large dark patch extending from 

 level of nodus to within 4 mm. of apex, shewing metallic blue reflections. 

 Body metallic blue, tinged with green. $ hw about 1 mm. narrower. Wings 

 uniformly pale translucent yellowish-green. Body metallic green, end of abd. 

 coppery; 10 with a median yellow line. Common; Southern. May Sept. 



Fig. 177. Fore-wing (35 mm.) of Calopteryx splendens Harris, J. Original. 



<J abd 2635, hw 1926 



Family LESTIDAE (Characters, p. 276). 

 Subfamily Lestinae (Characters, p. 277). 



Genus XIV. Lestes Leach (fig. 142). M 2 leaves M^ about 3 cells distad 

 from nodus. Abd. considerably longer than wings. <$ with app. sup. forcipate. 

 Metallic coloration. 



29. L. dryas Kirby ( =L. nympha Selys). 

 pt 1 1-5, black. Robust build. Colour 

 bronze-green; powdered blue on underside 



of thorax, and on abd. 1, part of 2, and 

 9 10. Apps. black, as in fig. 178 A. ? pt 

 dark brown. Colour more coppery, especially 

 on abd. 8 10. No blue powdering. Very 

 rare; Fens. June Aug. 



30. L. sponsa Hansemann. <J abd 25 



30, hw 1821, pt 11-5, very narrow, dark 



, c-ij T--IJ r\ i i- 



brown. Slender build. Colour bronze- 



green; powdered blue on underside of thorax, 



and on abd. 12 and 9 10. Apps. black, 



as in fig. 178 B. ? with stouter abd., more coppery colouring, and no blue 



powdering. Common. July Oct. 



Fi g- i? 8 - Anal appendages of 

 males of Lestes, dorsal view. 

 A . X . rfrya5 K irby. B. L. sponsa 

 Hans. Original. 



