NEUROFTEROUS INSECTS. 
DRAGON FLY. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennae shorter than the thorax. 
Mouth armed with jaws. 
Wings expanded ; without folds. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Lieellula grandis. L. tborace lineis quatuor flavis, corpore 
variegato. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. I. 
p. 2625. 
Thorax marked with four yellow lines : 
body variegated. 
Libellula alis glaucescentibus, thoracis 
lineis quatuor flavis. Syst. Nat. xii. 2. 
p. 903. 
Great Dragon-fly. Reaum. Ins. 6. pi. 35. f. 3. Roes. Ins. 2. 
pi. 4. f. 14. Schzff. Icon. pi. 2. f. 4. 
This beautiful insect, which measures near four 
inches in length, is frequently seen in the summer, 
flying with great rapidity along the sides of our 
rivers and brooks, often settling on the leaves of 
