  LIBELLULA AXILENA.Plate XLVII. fig. 1. Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: LibellulidÆ, Leach. Genus. Libellula, Auct. Libellula Axilena. Capite maculis 5 albis, thoracis dorso lateribusque virescentibus, abdominÈ luteo dorso fusco; alis albis hyalinis strig parv subcostali basali, margineque tenui (pone medium) nigris stigmate albo. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Libellula Lydia, Drury, App. vol. 2. (nec vol. 1. pl. 47. fig. 1.) Habitat: Virginia. Mouth white. Eyes contiguous. AntennÆ short and small, but distinct and plain when viewed through a microscope. On the back part of the head are situated five white spots. Thorax golden brown at top, the sides being of a pale green. Abdomen black at top, the sides being of a tawny orange; beneath pale green. Wings transparent; each having a very narrow dark brown border, beginning at the middle of the anterior edges and running round the tops, where it ends: a very narrow black streak also is placed near these edges, close to the body, from whence it seems to issue, being about a quarter of an inch in length. Our author having inadvertently applied the same name to this handsome species which he had given to that figured in vol. 1. pl. 47. fig. 1, I have been compelled to give this a new specific denomination. LIBELLULA EPONINA.Plate XLVII. fig. 2. Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: LibellulidÆ, Leach. Genus. Libellula, Auct. Libellula Eponina. Alis flavescentibus fasciis subtribus nigris. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 6 lin.) Syn. Libellula Eponina, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Syst. Ent. 2. 382. No. 39. Habitat: Boston, New England (Drury). Carolina (Fabr.). Mouth white. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen dark brown, the latter being clouded with black. Wings of a yellowish hue, each having two dark brown bars crossing them, one a little distance from the tips, the other near the middle of the wing; between the latter and the body is placed a dark brown spot with a streak above it, those on the inferior wings being largest and most distinct. LIBELLULA PORTIA.Plate XLVII. fig. 3. Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: LibellulidÆ, Leach. Genus. Libellula, Auct. Libellula Portia. Coerulescenti-nigra, alarum dimidio antico fusco-coerulescenti nitido, postice bi-emarginato. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) Syn. Libellula Portia, Drury, App. vol. 2. Libellula marginata, Pal. Beauv. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Neur. pl. 2. fig. 5. Fabr. Ent Syst. ii. p. 380. Habitat: Sierra Leone. Head black. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen blue. Wings partly dark brown (almost black) and transparent, the anterior edges from the body to the tips being dark brown, and the posterior edges transparent. Posterior wings longest, a circumstance observable only in those whose wings next the body are broad and deep. LIBELLULA SOPHRONIA.Plate XLVII. fig. 4. Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: LibellulidÆ, Leach. Genus. Libellula, Auct. Libellula Sophronia. Fusca-rufescens, alis fulvescentibus apice hyalinis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 7½ lin.) Syn. Libellula Sophronia, Drury, App. vol. 2. Habitat: China. Head pale clay-coloured. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen dark brown, the former being of a pale clay colour underneath. Wings finely reticulated, and of a brownish yellow, with a transparent spot at the tips; a small narrow black streak is also placed near the anterior edges of each, appearing to issue from the body, being about half an inch in length. |
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