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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.

[introduction]

Although the Libellulidæ are not represented in the collection from Funafuti, Mr. Hedley remarks that a large dragon-fly was a conspicuous object, flashing across the more open spaces in the woodland on sunny days. In the Gilbert Group the three following species are common:—Anax guttata, Pantala flavescens, Trithemis bipunctata.*

So far as the collection under discussion is concerned, this Order is represented by the following species:—