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TAB. XLVir. 



LIBELLULA «nea; Far, 

 Metallic Dragon-fiiJ. 



Class 5. Insecta. Order 4. Neuroptera. 



Spec. Char. Wings unspotted, hyaline. Head and 

 trunk metallic green. Abdomen clavate. 



Syn. Lhm. Si/st. Nat. ed. 1 2. 902. n. 8. 

 Faun Suec, 1465. Var. /3. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. m. 2. 381. n. 35. 

 Rail Hist. Ins. 49. rz. 2. 

 I/Aminthe. Geqfr. Hist. Ins. Par. 2. 226. n. 10. 

 Demoiselle doree verte. De Geer. 2. par. 2. 687. 

 t. 19./. 8. 



Length of the body, ] inch, 10 lines. 

 Expansion of the wings, 2 inches, 8 lines. 



1 HIS insect was taken by Mr. William Jackson Hooker, 

 in the summer of 1803, at Starston-Wood near Harleston 

 in Norfolk. It has also beeii found at Alartlesham Heath 

 near Woodbridge in Suffolk by the Rev. William Kirby. 

 Both the specimens taken by these gentlemen are males; 

 the female we have not yet had an opportunity of inspect- 

 ing. LinnjEus mentions no difference between it and the 

 male, except that its anus wants the forceps, being 

 furnished with only two lanceolate appendages. 



The body of our specimens, the head and trunk especially, 

 is covered with yellowish down. The mouth is yellow. 

 The vesicular part of the front before the eyes and the 

 thorax are t)f a brilliant metallic green. The sides of the 

 trunk glitter with the hue of gold or copper. The legs are 



