$4 U$T OP FLIES. 



SEPTEMBER FOURTH. 



Orange brown, needle brown, dark drake, light drake (length 

 a quarter ), iron blue drake, little dark drake (quarter or better), 

 checkwing, coral-eyed drake. All out and hatching in the 

 daytime. Numbers may be seen, in fine weather, in spiders' 

 webs. The drakes cast their skins, and are most numerous 

 about the waters a little before and after sunset. The 

 checkwing is the finest ; and the red drake nearly equal to 

 the amber. 



Blue drake. Some near the size of the spring flies, but 

 of browner shades, hatching in good numbers ; one cast its 

 skin and became the orange drake. Took one off a spider's 

 web, length near three-eighths ; wings three-eighths and a 

 sixteenth, crossed into squares with fine lines, which alone 

 made them visible ; eyes like two light pearl pellets. Top 

 of shoulders red ; lighter down the back, and growing 

 lighter to the belly ; legs a pale dim amber ; whisks an 

 inch, and spotted. (Suppose the pearl-colored eyes not 

 natural). 



Little brown dun. Wheeling over the water in small 

 groups, at six p.m. 



Fwted dun. Saw one similar, out in the day time. 



Light dun. Full length, half an inch and a sixteenth ; 

 yellow brown freckled wings ; body, legs, and feelers, amber. 

 Hatching and out, numerous, at 9 a.m. 



Red dun. Hatching daily, and out in the evenings. 



Spinners. Out numerous, and in best perfection. 



Blue spinner or gnat. Hatching, and out very numerous 

 towards evening, flying and wheeling just over the water, 

 like the black gnats in May and June. 



House fly, cowdung or lion fly, bank fly. Out from morn- 

 ing till night. 



Golden-legged beetle, bronze beetle. Out in the daytime. 



Red ant fly. On the water. Two pair of light fine trans- 

 parent wings, of a bright brown tinge ; shoulders and body 



