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tinguished by a yellow body ; in other respects she 

 closely resembles the male. 



In order to encourage those who have set up an 

 Insect Vivarium to pay especial attention to this 

 tribe, and especially to Avatch their transformations, 

 those of many of the family being as yet very imper- 

 fectly known, I will briefly describe a few of the 

 most striking of the British genera and species. 



The species standing first in the division is Libel- 

 lula Maculata, a kind which has received its specific 

 name from the brown maculations at the base of the 

 wings, which are much larger and better defined 

 than in the species just described ; but the body is 

 not so conspicuous, being much more slender, 

 though scarcely longer. It is, however, of the same 

 soft lilac hue as that of L. Depressa. The female is 

 distinguished by a yellow or rather lemon-coloured 

 body, and by having the blotches at the base of the 

 wings still larger than those of the male, while the 

 transparent part is beautifully suffused with orange. 



The three next species of this genus are all 

 somewhat similar to those described, but having 

 still narrower though not longer bodies, the last 

 species being a considerably smaller insect. 



Then follows a very elegant species, bearing the 

 specific name of " Flaveola," from the beautiful pale 



