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PLATE XXXVI. 



FIG. I. 



LIBELLULA PUELLA. 



Neuroptera. 



Wings four, naked, tranfparent, reticulated. With Veins cr 

 Kerves. Tail without a fling. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Mouth with two long lateral Jaws. Antenna: very fhort, tail of the 

 male forked. Wings extended. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Body Saxon-greenim blue, Eyes diftant, remote. Wings of equal 

 length, with a cloud of brown in the middle, and without marginal 

 fpot. Length two inches. 



Linn. Syjt. Nat. 2. 904. 20. Fan. Sv. 1470. 



It is neither fo large as to infufe terror by its appearance, or fb 

 beautiful as to claim the firft place in a collection of Britifh infe&s : 

 notwithftanding there are many inferior to it both in elegance, and co- 

 lour. The whole of the body is a deep purplifh blue, which reflects 

 on one part, a moft brilliant colour with a greenifh caft, and the clouds 

 on the wings contribute much to its luftre. The Thorax and Head 

 are nearly the fame, fome few {hades of green excepted, 



It 



