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Fig. 95 shows one stage of a very common one, 

 the larvae of the cinnabar moth ; the combination of 

 black, red, and silver is often irresistible when offered 

 judiciously. It may be dressed from a quarter of an 

 inch to one and a half inches long, according to the 

 water to be fished. 



Fig. 96 is the black ant (lasius niger), which 

 swarms and drops on the water by thousands in 

 August and September, and is a most successful fly to 

 use at such times. 



Fig. 97 is the red ant (formica ru/a), of similar 

 habits, and a capital fly at all times. 



Fig. 98 is the larva of arctia caja, one of our very 

 commonest moths, and the green and yellow is an 

 exceedingly useful change to use, after the other 

 caterpillars. 



Fig. 99 is the caterpillar of the common tortoise- 

 shell butterfly, and there are also several other species 

 of dark " hairy worms," of which it is a passable 

 counterfeit, and being typical, is an excellent lure. 



Fig. 100 is the caterpillar of the common vapourer 

 moth, which at times devastates our hedgerows, 

 appearing by thousands, and completely denuding 

 them of leaves. 



It is sometimes called the paint brush caterpillar 

 on account of its curious tufts. 



Fig. 10 1 is a brilliant green beetle, exceedingly 

 common in. places, on the flowers of the ragwort, along 

 the edge of some rivers. We tried it as a pattern for 



