MODERN SYSTEM. 
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Genus 377. ODONTOCERUS. Leach. 
Antenna with the inner edge denticulated. 
®P- 1. Odon. griseus. Leach. 
Inhabits Ireland and England. 
Fam. II. PiutYGANiD.'E. Leach. 
Antenna as long as the body. 
Genus 373. PIIRYGANEA. Le.ach. 
Anterior wings soft, villose. 
S P. 1. Phr. grandis. 
Inhabits woods. 
Genus 379. LIMNEPHILUS. Leach. 
Anterior wings slightly coriaceous, nervures hispid or hairy. 
Sp. 1. Lim. rhombicus. Leach. 
I’hryganea rhombica. Linn. 
Inhabits trees in woods and marshes. 
Order XII. NEUROPTERA. Leach, Linn., Lair., Cuv. 
Glass Odonata. Fabr. 
Glass Synistata. Fabr. 
wings four, naked, reticulated, and divided into a vast number of 
areola;. 
Section I. SUBULICORNES. 
Antenna subulate, very short, the last joint setiform : maxillary palpi 
very short: wings extended horizontally or erect, very much reticu- 
lated : metamorphosis semicomplete : larva and papa aquatic, some- 
what resembling the perfect insect. 
Fam. I. Libeixulidje. Leach. 
I'tBrii.ULix.T.. Latreille. 
• t «ni three-jointed: mandibles strong, corneous: maxilla corneous, 
strong: wings equal, or the hinder ones a little larger at their base : 
abdomen not terminated with seta; or filaments : eyes very large. 
Sti *ps 1. — inngs horizontal: head hemispheric, with a distinct vesicle 
on which the little eyes are placed in a triangle: abdomen more or 
less depressed; Up with the middle lamella smallest. 
Genus 380. LIBELLULA. Linn., Fabr., Lair., Leach. 
°sterior zeirtgs alike in both sexes. 
S P- b Lib. depressa. All the wings blackish at the base; the abdomen 
depressed; of the male blueish, the female yellowish. 
I 'j’elhda depressa. Linn., Fabr., Lair., Leach. 
ohabits gardens and woods, flying over them in pursuit of insects. 
