Syn. Libellula cœruleata, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Libellula cœrulea, Donovan Nat. Repos. 4. 110.
Habitat: Bay of Honduras (Drury). "Muskito Shore, Mr. Shakespear, 1779" (Drury's MSS.).
Eyes large, projecting from the head. Thorax dark blue. Wings reticulated and transparent, having a broad patch of a deep mazarine blue crossing them near the extremities, the tips being transparent. Abdomen three inches and an eighth in length, dark blue. Under side of the head, thorax, &c. grey.
LAMPYRIS GIGANTEA.
Plate [L]. fig. 2.
Order: Coleoptera. Section: Serricornes. Family: Lampyridæ.
Genus. Lampyris, Linn. &c.
Lampyris Gigantea. Ovata depressa, thorace semi-circulari fulvo, disco irregulari, elytris fuscis vittâ laterali albidâ. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Lampyris gigantea, Schonh. Syn. Ins. 3. 66. No. 46.