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It is found in May and June, {porting on the waters, or among the 
bufhes which overgrow the fides of pools, or gently flowing flreams ; 
at noon, or after a fhower, when the fun breaks from its watery prifon, 
and penetrates the thickets, and the groves with inviting warmth, ee 
are feen iffuing from the dark retreat, and overhanging fhrubbery ; 
bafk and wanton in its effulgent beams. In many parts on the aa 
of the Thames they heighten the fcene by the glow and richnefs of 
their colouring ; the green, the blue, and the red; the yellow, purple, 
and the brown, in their richeft teints, according to the variety ; and 
as they fly in various directions, difplay themfelves in all their Be 
elegance and fplendor. 
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FeilG. i. 
Ad 
LIBELLULA ,PU LEA: 
RED VARIETY. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SY NONYMS. 
Body red with yellow and black lines at each fegment : thorax green 
with yellow lines : wings with marginal fpots. 
LispELLULA PUELLA f. Corpore incarnato, alis puncto mar- 
ginali fufco. Linn. Fn. Suec. 8. n. 761. 
The body is red, with a yellow band and black mark at every feg- 
ment; the Thorax green, with longitudinal lines of yellow; the 
Wings are perfeétly 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. 
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