So PLATE XXXVI. 



It is found in May and June, fporting on, the waters, or among the 

 bufhes which overgrow the fides of pools, or gently flowing ftreams ; 

 at noon, or after a fhower, when the fun breaks from its watery prifon, 

 and penetrates the thickets, and the groves with inviting warmth, they 

 are feen iffuing from the dark retreat, ancS. overhanging (hrubbery ; to 

 bafk and wanton in its effulgent beams, and fan the gently rifing breeze 

 with their lucid Wings. In many parts on thefyanks of the Thames they 

 heighten the fcene by the glow and richnefs of their colouring ; the 

 green, the blue, and the red ; the yellow, purplej and the brown, in 

 their richeft teints, according to the fpecies ; and as they fly in various 

 directions, difplay themfelves in all their native elegance and fplendor. 



F I G. II. 



LIBELLULA PUELLA. 



Neuroptera. 



LlBELLULA, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Body red with yellow and black lines at each fegment; tho,ra?c 

 green with yellow Uripes. Wings clear, with marginal fpots. 



The body is red, with a yellow band and black mark at every feg- 

 ment ; the Thorax green., with longitudinal lines of yellow j the 

 Wings are perfectly tranfparent, except a marginal fpot on each. It 

 is voracious, as are all the fpecies of Libellula, whether in the larva or 

 the winged ftate ; it appears about the fame time as the preceding, and 

 is the produce of an aquatic larva, 



PLAT? 



