LIBELLULA MARCIA. Coerulea aut ænea nitida, alis albido-flavis, anticis
maculis duabus apiceque fuscis, posticis strigis duabus basalibus, fasciâ
undatâ anali, maculis tribus apiceque fuscis, basi flavis. (Expans. Alar.
2 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Libellula Marcia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
Libellula Murcia, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 376. 11.
HABITAT: The Island of Johanna, near Madagascar.
Head black. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen dark blue, but now much
faded. Wings transparent and of a yellowish hue, with a small dusky cloud
on each tip. The anterior having two small brown spots (almost black) on
each; one at the middle of the anterior edge, the other near the body.
Posterior wings broad and deep; the anterior edges next the body being
finely ornamented with dark brown spots and clouds, that extend along
that part for about half an inch: two small dusky spots are placed near
the centre of each; and at the abdominal corners is a long waved spot of
a fine dark brown, extending along the posterior edges; the space between
it and the anterior edges being of a deeper yellow than the other parts
of the wings.