SEPTEMBER. 87 



Freckled dun. Out and hatching. 



Little brown dun. Hatching and out. Some three-eighths. 

 Cigar-brown wings amber body, tinged pink. 



Spinner (smaller species ). Out about the waters and in 

 the fields all day, often numerous. 



Late, black spinner or gnat. Many out all day. 



House, lion, and bank flies, blue bottle, golden-legged, bronze 

 beetle. Out all fine days. 



TWENTY-FIFTH. 



Orange brown. Full length, near half an inch and a six- 

 teenth ; wings, transparent ground, of a brown tinge, veined 

 and crossed from the shoulders about half the length ; back 

 a rich dim yellow ; breast, belly, and sides, tinged and 

 touched darker ; legs a dim orange, darkest at the joints. 



Needle brown. Hatching, breeding, and laying their eggs 

 on the water, in great numbers, and best perfection. Eggs 

 a cream color, on the last joints of the body. 



Checkwing. Hatching in good numbers and best perfec- 

 tion. 



Red drake. Fine and large. Length half an inch ; wings 

 half an inch ; whisks an inch. Long fore-legs, slanting 

 dark lines on the sides ; amber body, with touches of darker 

 on the upper parts ; wings clear and crossed, reflecting red 

 amber and gild. Out in the evenings. 



Dark drake (watcliet). Hatching. 



Red drake (from the watchet). Out in the daytime, but 

 most in the evenings. 



Iron blue drake. Hatching. 



Pearl drake. Out in the daytime. 



Light drake. Length a quarter. Wings of the light 

 smoky blue of the sea swallow ; body and legs a light dim 

 yellow. Hatching. After casting, a light red. 



Little dark drake. Hatching. Length, a quarter or bet- 

 ter ; amber body, mottled with darker ; and fine dark purple 



