11 THE CLASSES. 



Golden-legged Beetle . . . Page 19 



Tortoiseshell 19 



Red 47 



Mealy Brown . . . . . 47 



Brown . 47 



Soldier 48 



Sailor 58 



Jumper 61 



Bronze 72 



TTH. ANT. The Ant genus, which includes the pismire 

 tribes, consists of many species, that live in communities, 

 often of immense numbers, and are dispersed over the fields 

 and in the woods, in places of their own peculiar choice. A 

 portion of each community are annually furnished with 

 wings ; and in the summer season, at their appointed time, 

 fly off and leave the colony as bees do their hives, when 

 numbers fall on the neighbouring streams and are readily 

 nipped up by the fish. The working portion of the com- 

 munity have large hawk-like heads, and large oval bodies 

 which are united by two or three comparatively very 

 small shoulder joints, to which their legs are attached, but 

 those that have wings appear to have but one jumped-up 

 shoulder, as thick as their bodies, and united by a small, 

 hair-like link ; they have two jointed feelers, which they 

 make constant use of, and run exceedingly fast. Some 

 species have one, and some two pair of thin glassy wings, 

 which fall flat over the back and reach beyond the end of 

 the body ; the top ones are the length of the ant. Their 

 colors vary, shading from black to red and the lightest 

 amber. They are brilliant little gems on the top of the 

 water, sparkling with short gilded reflections and rich 

 transparencies. Descriptions of these two species may suf- 

 fice for the whole ; their most striking difference being but 

 in size and shades of the above colors 



Red Ant Fly Page 65 



Black Ant Fly 67 



On Creepers Page 103 



Artificial Flies . Ill 



