Illustrations of British Entomology; Mandibulata (excerpt)
Author
Stephens, J. F.
text
1836
Baldwin and Cradock
London
book
24952
10.5281/zenodo.3530550
5818bab6-d805-4bd4-af42-c509e4f824af
3530550
Sp. 2.
Nympha
.
Supra lateribusque viridi-aenea, nitens, subtus flavescens,
pedibus
rufescentibus supra atris, thoracis
lateribus
utrinque
lined
nigra, stigmate atro.
(Long. corp. 17—18 lin.; Exp. Alar. 20—21 1/2 lin.)
Le
. Nympha
.
Kirby
MSS.
—Steph. Catal.
308.
No.
3421.
Head bright brassy-green or bronzed above, the mouth and beneath yellowish; thorax also brassy-green above, with three fine yellowish streaks, the sides yellowish, each with a single irregular black streak; space between the wings dull luteous; abdomen above and on the sides brassy-green, beneath luteous; caudal appendages of the males fuscous, pale at the base; legs reddish, black above; wings with a black or fuscous stigma.
Probably a mere variety of the foregoing insect.
Found with the preceding insect.