SEPTEMBER. 91 



Hackled with a small feather from under the wing 

 of judcock, pale amber silk, with hare's ear. 



Checkwing. Hatching. Wings, darkish ; longish 

 fore-legs ; case eyes ; and slanting dark lines on the 

 sides. 



Red drake. Out in the day time and evenings. 

 Length, about three-eighths ; wings, clear and crossed, 

 with amber glishes ; body, amber ground, touched on 

 the upper parts with Turkey red ; dark slanting lines 

 on the sides ; and case eyes. (The checkwing before 

 casting.) 



Pearl drake. In groups at ten a.m., flying up and 

 downj and laying their eggs oh the water, all day. 



Least freckled dun. Very numerous on fine days 

 and sunny evenings, when they may be seen running 

 on walls, bridges, etc., by the water sides. 



Light dun. Hatching and out at seven p.m. 



White legged dun. Full length, a quarter and a six- 

 teenth. Out in the day time. 



Spinner, blue spinner or gnat, late Hack spinner or 

 gnat. Out, and most numerous towards evening. 



Bank fly, house fly, lion fly, blue bottle, bronze beetle, 

 golden legged beetle. Out all fine days. 



Red ant fly. Full length, near half an inch ; length, 

 near three-eighths one pair of wings strongly veined 

 half-way up, and the lower half of thick brown trans- 

 parency ; the upper half more clear. Shoulders about 

 the same thickness as the body, red brown color. Ta- 

 ken in the evening off Bondgate -bridge, Ripon. 



FIFTEENTH TO TWENTIETH. 



Orange brown, needle brown. Out and hatching. 



