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pl. Bot.: Linaria vulgar is. ( Britten & Holland.) dragon-fish, s. Ichthy.: The same as DRAGONET, 2 (q. v.). dragon-fly, s. Entom.: A popular name given to the family Libellulide, the second family of the tribe Subulicornia, in which the hind wings are approximately of the same size as the anterior, a character which serves to distinguish them from the Ephemeride. These insects have a large broad head, very freely attached to the thorax, and large, convex, prom i nent eyes, which often meet upon the crown of the head. The organs of the mouth comprise a pair of strong, horny, toothed mandibles, and a pair of maxillæ, showing a single horny lobe, and a palpus of one joint. The wings are closely reticulated, and the legs of moderate length, terminated by three jointed tarsi. Some 1,400 species have been described from all parts of the world. They are divided into three groups-Agrionides, Eschnide, and Libellulides. Æschna grand is, the Great Dragonfly, is nearly three inches long. Libellula depre a is the Horse Stinger, an insect nearly two inches long and of a yellowish-brown color. "The body of the cantharides is bright colored; and it may be that the delicate colored dragon -flies may have likewise some corrosive quality."-Bacon: Natural History .