THE GOLDFISH AND 1TS CULTURE. 89 
1. The Zibellula possesses a short, flat body, about two inches 
in length. (See illustration). 
2. The Aeshma is longer than the above, its slender, round 
body sometimes measuring six inches in length. 
3. The Agrion is not large, the body small and-slender, varying 
in length from 144 to 214 inches. 
The wings of the first two named, are, when the insect is at rest, 
always expanded horizontally, while those of the latter are folded 
together, pointing backward. 
THE DRAGON FLY. 
The hind part of the body in all of them is long, slender, and 
composed of ten rings, On the forepart of the body, they have 
three pairs of legs, and two pairs of transparent, webbed wings, the 
latter in some species glitter like gold, in others they are dotted with 
spots of different color; in the Agrion species they are of the same 
color as the body. The coloring of the bodies of all, especially the 
zshma, is very brilliant, being of a bright green, blue or scarlet, 
and sometimes mottled and spotted with various colors, 
The eyes are large and prominent, giving the insects a very large 
field of vision. 
