ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Subulicornes. FAMILY: Libellulidæ, _Leach_. GENUS. LIBELLULA, _Linn. &c._ 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_. GENUS. LIBELLULA, _Linn. &c._ 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. LIBELLULA TULLIA. Plate XLVI. fig. 3. ORDER: Neuroptera. SECTION: Subulicornes. FAMILY: Libellulidæ, _Leach_. GENUS. LIBELLULA, _Auct._ LIBELLULA TULLIA. Coeruleo-nigra, alarum dimidio basali fusco, apice cinerascenti-hyalino stigmate nigro. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) SYN. Libellula Tullia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. HABITAT: Bombay.