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PLATE CCCXXXVII. 



LIBELLULA VULGATA. 

 Common Dragon Fly. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth armed with more than two jaws. Antennae fiioiter than 

 the thorax. Wings expanded without folds. Tail of the male 

 furnifhed with forceps. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SrNONTMS. 



Wings tranfparent. Abdomen cylindrical and reddifii. 



LiBELLULA VuLGATA : alis hyalinis, corpore cylindrico rufo. 

 Lim. Syji. Nat. 2. 901. 3. — Fn. Sv. 1461. 

 Roef, Inf. 2. Aquatic. 2. tab. 8. 



This is the moft abundant fpecies of the Libellula tribe ; fre- 

 quenting ditches and other watery places during fummer. The 

 colours in different fpecimens vary exceedingly. 



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