MINIUS DRAGON-FLY. 
T[ HIS small, but beautiful, species of the 
Dragon Fly, or Libelluls of Linnaeus, is de- 
nominated the Mini us ■ ami was, we believe^ 
first figured by the late ingenious Mr. Moses 
Harris, who has thus described the Male and 
Female here represented. 
^ The nose of the Female, which is of a pale 
greenish brown, has two black streaks parallel to 
cacli other, as well as to the chaps beneath, which 
are also black. The upper parts of the larger 
eyes are of a fine golden or copper colour. 
The crown of the head is of a dark olive. 
The thorax is of a very deep green, having 
two stripes of vellow on each side. Tlie 
wings are a little tinged with a pale greenish 
brown. I'he Several portions of the abdomen 
are as red as blood • and they are divided, or 
separated, with one ring of black, and another 
of yellow. There is, also, a small black line 
down the ii|:>per part, from the thorax to the 
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