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which îs blue, Is adorned with three 
brown longitudinal bands, one on 
the mîddle and two narrower ones 
on thelides. The fegments of the 
abdomen are blue, with a black 
ring towards their poderior extre- 
mity. They are nine in number, 
the two lad larger than the red, 
and enîirely brown. This infedt 
is found in meadows. 
The remaining libellula is only 
a variety in colour, the body being 
cf a fine red. 
des longitudinales brunes, une au 
milieu, & deux plus étroites fur 
les côtés. Les fcgtnens du ventre 
font bleus, avec un anneau noir 
vers leur bout podérieur. Ils font 
au nombre de neuf, & les deux 
derniers font plus gros que les au- 
tres & tout bruns. On trouve cet 
infeéle dans les prés. 
La dcmoifelle qui rede n’ed 
qu’une variété dans la couleur, le 
corps en étant d’un beau rouge. 
GE NU S 2. E P HE ME R A, Tab. XL 
CHARACTER GENERIS. 
Os edentulum abfque palpis. Stemmata duo vel tria maxima fupra 
oculos. Alæ ereélæ, podicis minimis. Cauda fetofa. Linn. fyd. nat. 
p. 906. 
2d G E N U S. Tbe D A Y-F L Y. . Pl. XI. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 
The mouth has neither teeth nor palpi. They hâve two, fometimes 
three demmata, fituate above the eyes, and larger than they are generally 
found in other infeéls. The wings are ereél; the hinder ones much 
ihorter than the others. The tail is furnidied with appendices refem- 
bling hairs or bridles. The antennæ are fliort and fetaceous. 
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