AUGUST. 81 



Checkwing. Hatching ; length, three-eighths ; slanting 

 dark lines on the sides. Altogether of a brown ambry 

 transparency. 



Light dun. Full length, half an inch to near five-eighths; 

 wings of the onion peel tinge, with light freckles ; back and 

 thighs tinged ashy ; belly, bees'-wax or wheat corn color ; 

 legs and feelers light red brown. Hatch in the daytime, 

 and are out numerous in the evenings, from eight to ten. 



Little dark red drake. Length a quarter ; shoulders dark 

 or black ; yellow epaulettes on the sides of shoulders ; small 

 light spots along each side ; wings finely crossed, glassy, 

 and sparkling; long fore-legs. 



Light drake. Out and hatching in the daytime. 



White bustard. Took one very late. 



Dark drake (watchet). Out and hatching, many on spider 

 webs. 



THIRTIETH. 



Needle browns. Hatching and out in great numbers in 

 their best perfection. Full length of some, three-eighths 

 and a sixteenth, or more ; orange bodied, with black spots, 

 and snipe bloa wings. 



Red ant. Full length better than a quarter. Saw num- 

 bers on the North Bridge at ten a.m. Wings near a quar- 

 ter, tinged brown ; body and legs red brown. 



Orange brown. Out ; saw some on the North Bridge. 

 Cream-colored eggs on the last joints of the belly. 



Light pied duns. Out at seven p.m. 



Red drakes. Saw some on the North Bridge at seven p.m. 

 large and beautiful, like amber drakes, and numbers of 

 small grey earwigs at the same time. 



Dark red drakes. Out ; length, a quarter and a sixteenth; 

 wings rather more, clear, and scarcely visible but for the red 

 tinges; three notched whisks; shoulders a darkish red; 

 body a shade lighter ; legs gingery. 



