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perish, and be shortly eaten by its former com- 

 panions. For it is fitted for a higher position 

 and a purer atmosphere, so that the element 

 which but a few hours ago was its very life has 

 now become a present death, and the food in 

 which it so lately revelled can no longer be 

 received into that etherealized form ' (Homes 

 without Hands/ page 120). 



On page 381 he refers to the Trichoptera as 

 follows : 



' There is an order of insects which is espe- 

 cially dear to anglers not so much to fly-fishers 

 as to those who like to sit and look at a float 

 for several hours. This order is scientifically 

 termed Trichoptera, or hair-winged insects, and 

 the various species of which it is composed are 

 classed together under the familiar title of caddis- 

 flies. 



' These insects may always be known by the 

 peculiar leathery aspect of the body, and by the 

 coating of hair with which the wings are covered, 

 the long hairs being spread over the whole sur- 

 face, and standing boldly out like a fringe round 

 the edge. They all have long and slender 

 antennae, and in some genera, such as Mystacida, 

 these organs are nearly three times as long as 

 the head and body, reminding the observer of 

 the lovely Japan moths (Adelae), whose delicate 

 antennae wave and glitter in the sunbeams like 



