AUGUST. 85 



Red ant. Saw several beds at Mr. Calvert's stone 

 quarry, in Skellgill ; length, a quarter and a sixteenth 

 to three-eighths. None with wings. Their eggs large 

 like small maggots. Opened a pismire bed at the same 

 place, full of bright amber pismires, and numbers of 

 them with thin glassy clear wings. 



Light pied duns. Out in the evening. 



Late black spinner or gnat. Out all day. 



TWENTY-FIFTH. 



Little dark drake. Length, a quarter ; wings, a dark 

 reddish water-hen hue ; legs, whisks, and body, light 

 red brown, with a dark spot 0n each joint of the body, 

 along each side ; eyes, dark and gogling ; longish fore- 

 legs. A cockish sprightly fly. 



Checkwing. Hatching ; length, three- eighths ; slant- 

 ing 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 day time, and are out numerous 

 in the evenings, from eight to ten. 



Little dark red drake. Length, a quarter ; shoulders, 

 dark or black ; yellow eppaulettes on the sides of shoul- 

 ders ; small light spots along each side ; wings, finely 

 crossed, glassy, and sparkling ; long fore-legs. 



Light drake. Out and hatching in the day time. 



White bustard. Took one very late. 



Dark drake (ivatchet.J Out and hatching, many on 

 spider webs. 



