72 LIST OF FLIES. 



cockling, like two little coral shot-corns. Hatches in good 

 numbers the latter part of this month, and continues through 

 the next. After casting her skin she is a very neat and 

 cockish fly. Her wings are clear, sparkling with red tinges; 

 large eyes, cockling, round, and red ; shoulders, body, and 

 legs, light amber ground ; top of shoulders and down the 

 back a darkish coral red ; two or three longish whisks. 

 Their creepers are numerous, and may be found under 

 stones just within the water's edge. They shew the dark 

 wings through their thin skins, which, when cast off, appear 

 almost colorless, and dry white. 



Hackled for wings in the first state with a light blue bloa 

 or blue dun feather from the water-rail or sea swallow ; 

 pale amber silk for body, headed with a round of the red 

 part of a small strand in the eye of a peacock's feather ; 

 legged with a few fibres of squirrel's fur or mohair. Second 

 state : winged and legged with a fine amber cock's hackle. 



87TH. PALE BLUE DRAKE. 44 Length about a quarter ; 

 wings the same ; altogether of a light dull pale blue color. 

 She throws off her swaddlings and shews her glistening 

 wings and blue dun body and legs. 



Hackled in her first state with a light blue dun feather 

 from the tern, and light ashy blue silk for body. Second 

 state : light blue cock's hackle for wings and legs. 



88TH. BRONZE BEETLE. Full length a quarter ; head, 

 shoulders, and body black ; top wings a light brassy shine, 

 with small dabs or marks of darker, and of dim amber trans- 

 parency, shewing the dark touches ; under-wings clear, of 



(44) During the summer months there are a variety of pale duns which answer 

 to the author's description of this fly. Mr. Ronalds gives it among his flies for Sep- 

 tember under the name of the " Little Pale Blue Dun " ; Jackson also gives it in Sep- 

 tember as the " Light Olive Bloa," but I cannot imderstand why he styles it " Olive," 

 as his dressing is essentially similar to the author's ; I never found it a very killing 

 fly, being too delicate to imitate effectively. 



