THE DRAGON FLY. 
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two of which appear on the front, and two others be- 
tween the ligaments of each pair of wings ; the abdomen 
is alfo black, having two ftreaks refembling a crefcent 
on each fegment ; the wings are tranfparent, and, but for 
a flight tinge of amber, almofl white *. 
The Jibellula whofe body is of a (hining green, and the 
wings of a gilded brown, is fmaller than either of the 
foregoing, and is thus chara&erifed by Mr. Ray f: The 
body is green and azure ; the wings adorned towards the 
middle each with a large fpot, of a deep blue, inclining 
to black. The feet of this infect are black, and the wings 
have no fpot on their exterior margin. From the bril- 
liancy and richnefs of its colours, it has been called the 
king’s fiiher ; it frequents little rivulets of water, over* 
Ifladed with bullies 
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* Harris’s Expofit. p. 78. f Ne. y, 
} Harris’s Expofit. p. 93. fig. I. wl 
