AMERICAN TROUT-STREAM INSECTS 



drake class, of which there are over forty species 

 in the British Isles. This region somewhat cor- 

 responds to our temperate regions in climatic con- 

 dition, yet I am pretty sure that not only have we 

 many more species of that class but they are larger, 

 much more brilliant and varied in color. The same 

 will no doubt be found true with the class of 

 Perlidce, or stone-flies, and other orders. 



I have not yet had the opportunity to study the 

 insects north or south of the temperate regions ; yet 

 I am of the opinion that both those sections of our 

 American continent will show an entirely different 

 class of insects. A gentleman from North Caro- 

 lina kindly sent me some trout flies caught in his lo- 

 cality which were entirely new to me; one, in par- 

 ticular, a spinner of gigantic proportions compared 

 with those found here. 



The following table of seven orders the angler 

 will be able to use as a guide to identify different 

 species in their class whenever he observes them in 

 their natural state, either as creeper or as mature 

 insect : 



First: The browns, or stone-flies, are all bred 

 in the water and hatch out from a creeper. They 

 are most plentiful in the spring, but some are on 

 the water all summer. Their bodies are smooth 

 and fleshy, and they have two pairs of smooth, ob- 

 long wings, which, when folded, circle closely over 

 and beyond the body. They have two feelers at 



