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leaf-like plates at the end of the body; these are tracheal 

 gills. It swims by rapid movements of the whole abdomen, 

 first to one side and then to the other. 



Qenus 1. Agrion. — Abdomen blue marked with 

 blackish bronze. 



black 



2. Lestes. — Abdomen of the male is green, except for seg- 



ments 1, 2, 9, and 10, which are blue; eyes blue. The 

 female has a green body marked with brown. The 

 members of this genus rest with their wings half spread ; 

 they are not very common. 



3. Pyrrhosoma. — Abdomen crimson with some bronze 



colouring. 



Sub-family 4 : Galopteryginae. 



The beautiful little Dragon-flies of the sub-family Galop- 

 teryginae have narrow bodies of a brilliant metallic hue, 

 their wings are broad at their free ends but narrow at the 



base, and, though 

 ( — t; ^ \ . ^^■^ ' coloured, have no 



stigma in the male 

 and in the female 

 a white one only. 

 The wing differs 

 also from that of 

 an Jgrion in 

 having many little 

 cross veins in the 

 space between the 

 thick nodal vein 

 and the base of 

 the wing. The 

 eyes are far apart 

 as in the Agrio- 

 nidae. Because of 

 their beauty and 

 elegance they ai-e 

 often called 

 "Demoiselles" or "Kingfishers." They dart rapidly about 

 in the air, usually several together, remaining long near the 



FiQ. 229.— aalopteryx. 

 I, Imago ; L, full-grown larva or nymph. 



