LIBELLULA VARIEGATA. Alis flavis fusco maculatis et undulatis, posticis
versus apicem maculâ magnâ fuscâ, puncto flavo; apice albo. (Expans.
Alar. 3 unc.)
SYN. Libellula variegata, _Linn. Am. Acad._ 6. 412. 86. _Syst. Nat._ 1.
2. 904. 18.
Libellula Histrio, _Fabr. Mant. Ins._ 1. 337. 24. 10.
Libellula Indica, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 376. _Guérin Icon. R. An. Ins.
pl._ 60. _fig._ 1.
Libellula Arria, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: China, India.
Front of the head black. Eyes contiguous. Thorax and abdomen black.
Anterior wings transparent for about two-fifths next the extremities,
having a small black streak on the anterior edges near the tips; the
remaining part of these wings dark yellow, with a broad, irregular, dark
brown bar crossing the middle, and a spot of the same colour placed
between that and the body. Posterior wings very deep, and of the same
dark yellow with the anterior, except the tips, which are transparent;
and joining thereto is a large dark brown patch, with an oval yellow spot
near its centre: an irregular, waved, dark brown bar runs along the
posterior edges, beginning at the abdominal corners and ending about the
middle of the wings: another waved bar runs along the anterior edges,
beginning at the body and ending also at the middle of the wings; the
extremities of the two bars nearly meeting, or joining together.
{95}LIBELLULA FULVIA.
Plate XLVI. fig. 2.
ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Subulicornes. FAMILY: Libellulidæ, _Leach_.