SMALL LIBELLULA. 
Generic Character. 
Mouth consisting of several mandibles. 
Antenna very slender, filiform, shorter than the 
thorax. 
IVings spreading. 
Abdomen lengthened. 
Specific Character, &c. 
LIBELLULA with upright hyaline wings, and 
sky-blue or reddish body. 
Small Dragon-Fly. 
Little slender-bodied LIBELLULA. 
This is the least of the British Libellulae, and is a 
very frequent insect in the neighbourhood of watery 
places during the summer months. In the colour 
of its body it varies as much as the L. Virgo, and 
is either of a bright sky-blue, reddish-brown, or 
blackish : the wings however are constantly of a 
similar appearance, or transparent, with a small, 
dark marginal spot towards their extremities. 
