NATURAL HISTORY, & 
it is yellow on the back, but black underneath; and on each fide there 
8re two oblique yellow lines: the forehead is green, the eyes grey, the 
Set black, and the wings of a rufty colour at the bafe. 
3. The Libellula with a dufky body, and white wings, is called by 
ay the greateft Libella with a yellow narrow body, and no dufky fpots 
at the root of the wings: the body is black, the wings white, with a 
Teddifh brown fpeck on the edges, and the vent without any appendages 
4. The Lidellula with yellow fides and white wings, is commonly 
fen on waters, and the fides of the breaft and belly are of a yellow 
Colour ; the fpecks on the edges of the wings are of a brown rufty colour, 
§. The Libellula with a green fhining brealt, yellow lines, pale wings, 
and a black belly. It is termed by Ray the great Libella with a fhore 
lue belly : the head and breaft are of athining green, the eyes brown, 
nd there are two yellow lines on the fides of the breaft; but the wings 
re whitith yellow at the bafe, and the marginal {pot is brown. 
, § The Libellula of a gilded green, with pale wings and black feet, 
's like the former, only it differs from it in the male, which has a den- 
lated tail, and in the female, whofe tail confifts of leaves, in the fhape 
°F a lance. 
7. The grey Libellula with yellowifh wings, and the fides of the 
breag marked with yellow lines, with a tail contitting of two leaves, 
tis called by Ray the great Libellula with a long flender belly, and 
Yellowith wings. 
8. The Libellula with the breaft of a yellowith green, with black lines,’ 
@nd a blackith belly, with yellow marks. 
CoH: ABs’, 
-OF MEALY WINGED INSECTS, WITH A SPIRAL MOUTH. 
IE we take a curfory view of infe&s in general, Caterpillars alone; 
and the Butterflies and Moths they give birth to, will make a third 
Part of the number. Wherever we move, wherever we turn, thefe- 
ees, in one fhape or another, prefent themfelves to our view. Some; 
fe every ftate, offer the moft entertaining f{pectacle; others are beauti- 
“only in their winged form. Many perfons, have an invincible aver- | 
ton to caterpillars, and worms of every fpecies: there is fomething 
Vaereeable in their flow crawling motion, for which the variety of their 
Slouring can never compenfate. But others feel no repugnance at ob- 
‘ting, and even handling them with the moft attentive application, 
thertste is nothing in the butterfly fate fo beautiful or f{plendid as 
infeés. They ferve, not lefs than the birds themfelves, to banifly 
'tude from our walks, and to fill up our idle intervals with the mot 
Safing fpeculations: The butterfly makes one of the principal orna- 
“ats of oriental poetry; but, in thofe countries, the infect is larger’ 
More beautiful than with us. 
€ beauties of the fly may therefore very well excite our curiofity 
*Xamine the reptile. But we are ftill more ftrongly attached to this 
tribe; - 
