282 NATURAL HISTORY, 4 
LIBELLULA VIRCO.——VIRGIN. _ 
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if HIS beautiful libellula has a large head, reticu- — 
lated, prominent, brown eyes, that are not in contact ‘ 
with each other. ‘Ihe fpace intervening between the © 
eyes, exhibits the three brown ftemmata, placed in a_ 
triangle. [he neck, on which the head is refted, is © 
fhort and narrow. ‘The thorax is larger, of a bright — 
green and blue colour. From the inferior part of 
the thorax arife the fix legs, long, and charged with a — 
double row of {mall fpines, a circumftance common : 
to this genus. From the upper part come forth the © 
four wings, all of equal fize. ‘They are much retic- — 
‘ulated, and have on their middle a large cloud, of a7 
blueifh brown, that occupies above one half of them. — 
The bafe and extremity of the wings are, the only 
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parts not charged with the fame colour, being only — 
of a yellowifh hue. On the outer edge of the wing — 
there is no fpat; which is uncommon in this génus. © 
The abdomen, long, cylindric, and confifting of nine © 
of ten fegments, is of a blue colour, fometimes bor- 
dering on green, and very bright. This beautiful 
infect is met with in meadows, on the banks of ponds, | 
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LIBELLULA PUELLA. 
Tue wings of this infect are whitifh, nicely veined 
with black, witha black fpot on the exterior edge 
towards the extremity. The colour of the head is a_ 
leaden blue, with brown eyes. ‘The thorax, which 
is blue, is adorned with three brown longitudinal” 
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