JULY. 77 



88TH. BRONZE BEETLE. Full length, a quarter ; 

 head, shoulders, and body, black ; top wings a light 

 brassy shine, with small dabs or marks of darker, and 

 of dim amber transparency, shewing the dark touches ; 

 under- wings, clear, of a brown tinge ; honey glistening 

 legs. Out on fine days, often in good numbers, into 

 autumn. 



Head, shoulders, and body, black silk ; wings, a 

 slightly broken feather from an old bright bronzy yel- 

 low brown hen ; legged with a few fibres of mohair. 



89TH. LITTLE BROWN DUN. Full length, rather 

 better than three-eighths ; wings, near three-eighths ; 

 top ones a dark whalebone brown, set round the ends 

 with small light spots ; shoulders and body a dark dull 

 brown ; belly, rather lighter ; legs and thighs, a dim 

 fleshy transparency ; wings, a bloish transparency ; 

 feelers, spotted light and dark. Are hatching and 

 breeding and out in the evening, about six o' clock, 

 wheeling in small groups to and fro, just over the 

 water. There is another small brown dun, rather less 

 than a quarter. 



Hackled, for wings, with a small slightly freckled 

 feather from the moorcock ; with a few fibres of red 

 brown fur or mohair, at the breast ; body, deep coppery 

 silk, waxed. 



90TH. LATE BLACK SPINNER, GNAT, OR FLY. 



Full length, a quarter ; wings, not so much, which are 

 of a clear inky tinge, and fold over the back like those 

 of the blue gnat ; body, black, more cylindrical and 

 rather longer ; shoulders, a bright Japan black ; legs, 



