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.