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with silver twist. The extremities are of brown peacock's herl, tied 

 with brown silk thread. Tail. Three rabbit's whiskers. Wings and 

 Legs. Made buzz from a mottled feather of the mallard, stained a faint 

 purple. Hook No. 5 or 6, long. 



Fern Fly, or Soldier Fly (Order Coleoptera, family Telephoridce, genus 

 Telephones, species Lividus). This is a capital member of the coleoptera, 

 and is one of the common insects known aa the " soldier " and " sailor." 

 It lives on aphides and plant-lice generally, and is especially plentiful 

 on very sultry and hot days. It is usually found near the water, 

 climbing up the stems of grass in search of food, and when it falls in 

 the water it is particularly helpless. Body. Orange floss silk. Wings. 

 The darkest part of a feather from the starling's wing. Legs. A red 

 cock's hackle. Hook No. 2, short. 



Marlow Buzz, Hazel Fly, Coch-a-Bonddu, or Shorn Fly (Order Coleop- 

 tera, family Chrysomelidce, genus Phyllopertha, species Horticola). An 

 especial favourite with trout, resembling a diminutive cockchafer. It 

 comes from a pupa inhabiting the earth, and is very abundant by the 

 water side, feeding on poplar leaves and other soft foliage. In the north 

 the name for them is Bracken Clocks. Body. Black ostrich herl, twisted 

 with peacock herl, and made with red silk thread. Wings and Legs. 

 Made buzz with a dark furnace cock's hackle. 



FLIES FOR JULY. 



" The waspe flye. The body of blacke wull and lappyd abowte with 

 yelow tbrede : the wynges of the bosarde. The shell flye at Saynt 

 Thomas daye. the body of grene wull and lappyd abowte wyth the herle 

 of the pecoks tayle : wynges of the bosarde." (Book of St. Albans.) 



Wren Tail, $c. (Order Homoptera, family Cercopidce, genus Ambly- 

 cephalus, species Viridis), There are several species of these hoppers, 

 and queer quaint little insects they are, dancing about like grasshoppers. 

 They take flights of some ten or a dozen yards at a time, with a 

 rapidity which is to me astounding, and as their flying seems to me to 

 be, during its continuance, quite uncontrolled as to direction and ter- 

 mination, they often drop on the water, and thus become the prey of 

 their piscine enemies. They take shelter during cold days on the 

 roots of grass. The pale and dark brown and greenish blue are the 

 most common sorts. Body. Ginger-coloured fur, ribbed with gold 

 twist. Wings and Legs. Feather from a wren's tail, wound on hackle- 

 wise. 



The White Moth. Body. White crewel or white ostrich herl. Wmgs. 

 A couple of slips of white goose feather. Legs. White hen's hackle. 



The Brown Moth. This is most killing at night time. Body. Yellowish 



