38 LIST OF FLIES. 



36TH. RED BROWN DRAKE. Length, about three- 

 eights ; wings, rather more ; in outline and clouded 

 wing it resembles the brown drake, but is less in 

 size, and its colors all darker ; the wings resembling 

 the mottled red feather in the partridge's tail. Body, 

 orange, with dark red brown marks on the upper parts; 

 legs, a dim ale or amber. Hatches the latter end of 

 this month, and casts her skin, when she becomes the 

 dark amber drake. 



Dressed with a mottled red feather out of the par- 

 tridge tail, and orange silk, with a few fibres of orange 

 or amber mohair at the breast. 



3?TH. DARK AMBER DRAKE. Length, three- 

 eights ; wings rather more, which are clear and glassy, 

 with deep orange reflections ; body, rich orange bottom, 

 marked distinct, with a good portion of rich dark 

 brown on each joint ; legs, amber. 



Deep orange hackle for wings and legs ; and orange 

 or yellow silk for body, more or less waxed. 



38TH. SANDED DUN. Full length, half an inch 

 or more ; length, three-eights ; wings, three-eights and 

 one-sixteenth, the top ones, when closed, appear of a 

 uniform palish sandy-red brown. The dark eyes form 

 the only contrast, but on looking closely the wings are 

 beautifully broken with faint freckles, and staddles of 

 lighter on the top edges behind the shoulders, which 

 are more conspicuous in some than in others. Body 

 and legs, a light red-brown dim transparency ; belly, a 

 bees'-wax dull yellow hue. They commence hatching 

 this month, and may be seen in the day time until 



