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PLATE CCCCXXxX. 
LIBELLULA BOLTONILI. 
BOLTON’s DRAGON-FLY. 
NEUROPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mouth armed with more than two jaws: lip trifid: antenne 
fhorter than the thorax, very thin and filiform: wings expanded: 
tail of the male furnifhed with a furcated procefs. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
LiBELLULA Boxutonii: wings hyaline: body elongated, black, 
with a larger interrupted yellow band acrofs the 
middle, and a fmaller near the tip of each feg- 
ment. 
This fine and noble fpecies of Libellula appears to be unknown 
to any of the entomological writers we are acquainted with. The 
fpecimen from which our figure in the annexed plate is taken, was 
difcovered in Yorkfhire fome years ago by Mr. Bolton, and commu- 
nicated to Mr. Drury, in whofe cabinet it has remained unnoticed 
till the prefent time. We believe this {pecimen to be unique, or at 
leaft we have never feen an other. It is a beautiful, large, and in- 
terefting fpecies, and pofleffes charaéters fo extremely different from 
any of the known fpecies of its genus, that it cannot eafily be mif- 
taken. We name it Boltonii, in compliment to Mr. Bolton, the 
gentleman to whom we are indebted for its difcovery. 
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