LIBELLULA LUCIA.
Plate [XLV]. fig. 1.
Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: Libellulidæ, Leach.
Genus. Libellula, Auct.
Libellula Lucia. Thorace olivaceo lineis duabus lateralibus apiceque flavis, alis hyalino-subflavis, strigâ subcostali maculâque versus basin fasciâque triangulari mediâ fuscis, stigmate albo, nigro terminato. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc.)
Syn. Libellula Lucia, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Libellula variegata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 382. 40. (nec Linn. Syst. Nat. 904. 18. ex Indiis.) Pal. Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. Neur. pl. 2. fig. 4.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Front of the head green. Eyes contiguous. Thorax dark green; being striped obliquely on the sides with two yellow streaks, and another on the top. Abdomen yellowish green, with two dark stripes running longitudinally on the sides. Legs dark green. Wings transparent, with a slender white streak near the tips of each, and a small black spot joining thereto, which are placed on the anterior edges; from the small edges, near the middle of each wing, a small dark cloud arises that crosses the wings, those of the superior running lowest. Near the body another small cloud is placed, being largest and strongest in the superior wings; the fore part of which is embellished with two slender black streaks running parallel, and near to the anterior edges.