Genus. Libellula, Linn. &c.
Libellula Fulvia. Luteo-testacea; alis fulvescentibus strigâ subcostali basali fuscâ stigmateque fusco. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 4½ lin.)
Syn. Libellula Fulvia, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Habitat: China.
Front of the head dark yellow. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen tawny orange, the former being of a pale clay colour underneath. Wings dark tawny orange; and on the anterior edges of each, next the body, runs a narrow dark brown streak, about half an inch long: on the same edges also, near the tips, is another small streak, appearing of a dark brown colour when the insect is placed on a white ground, but when placed on a dark one is of a light clay colour: the posterior edges, next the abdominal corners, are also dark brown.
LIBELLULA TULLIA.
Plate [XLVI]. fig. 3.
Order: Neuroptera. Section: Subulicornes. Family: Libellulidæ, Leach.
Genus. Libellula, Auct.
Libellula Tullia. Cœruleo-nigra, alarum dimidio basali fusco, apice cinerascenti-hyalino stigmate nigro. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.)