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.

PLATE XLVIII.

LESTES LUCRETIA.