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TAB. XLVII. 
LIBELLULA tenea; Far. 
Metallic Dragon-fly. 
Class 5. Insecta. Order 4. Neuroptera. 
Spec. Char. Wings unspotted, hyaline. Head and 
trunk metallic green. Abdomen clavate. 
Syn. Linn. Sijst. Nat. ed. 12. 902. n. 8. 
Faun Suec. 1465. Var. /3. 
Fabr. Ent. Syst. m. 2. 381. n. 35. 
Rail Hist. Ins. 49. n. 2. 
L’Aminthe. Gcoffr. Hist. Ins. Par. 2. 226. n. 10. 
Demoiselle doree verte. Dc Geer. 2. par. 2. 687. 
t. 19./. 8. 
Length of the body, ] inch, ]0 lines. 
Expansion of the wings, 2 inches, 8 lines. 
1 his insect was taken by Mr. William Jackson Hooker, 
in the summer of 1803, at Starston-Wbod near Harleston 
in Norfolk. It has also been found at Martlesham Heath 
near Woodbridge in Suffolk by the Rev. William Kirby. 
Both the specimens taken by these gentlemen are males; 
the female we have not yet had an opportunity of inspect- 
ing. Linnaeus mentions no difference between it and the 
male, except that its anus wants the forceps, being 
furnished with only two lanceolate appendages. 
The body of our specimens, the head and trunk especially, 
is covered with yellowish down. The mouth is yellow. 
The vesicular part of the front before the eyes and the 
thorax are of a brilliant metallic green. The sides of the 
trunk glitter with the hue of gold or copper. The legs are 
