The transformations of a May- or Day-Fly (Ephemera vnujata}, form tne sub- 

 ject of this vignette. On the bank is the grub or larva, with the nest-holes, 

 usually below water, which it is accustomed to inhabit. Attached to the grass 

 above is a vacated skin, the complete envelope of a perfect fly, which it always 

 casts off on its fourth or last development. To the right, flies an imago, or 

 perfect insect, as freed from this iucasement, while a company of the same are 

 seen disporting at a distance. 



THINGS OF A DAY. 



are no advocate, through thick and thin, 

 for " the Good Old Times," into which we 

 should be sorry to find ourselves carried back 

 in other than on the wings of Fancy ; but, few 

 enough, in these days, are the things made or 

 done with a view to other than a temporary purpose, and for 

 this reason all our doings (sorry bunglers as we are at best) are 

 ten times more imperfect than they need be. 



