126 DRAGONFLIES AND OTHERS 



has a very long proboscis, and the antennae 

 of the male are plumed. The Laplanders 

 suffer greatly under the attacks of these 

 insects, of which the mosquito is a near 

 relative. The Herb Cr&iiefLy(Tipulaoleracea), 

 Plate XI., Fig. 3, is one of those creatures 

 which children call ' Daddy Longlegs.' There 

 are a great number of different species all very 

 like each other; but oleracea is one of the 

 most common. It is grey, and its wings are 

 transparent, with brown veins. 



In woods one is sometimes startled by the 

 appearance of the Yellow Gadfly (Tabanus 

 sudetieus), Plate XI., Fig. 4, which causes 

 more alarm than necessary through its out- 

 ward resemblance to a hornet. The first time 

 I saw it, I handled it with great care to avoid 

 giving it an opportunity to sting, until I saw 

 that it had only two wings, and therefore 

 obviously did not justify apprehension on that 

 score. 1 It is a handsome fly, black, with 

 yellow bands on the abdomen, and its wings 

 tinged with brown. 



A more disagreeable companion of a stroll 

 in fields or woods is the Common Cleg 



1 The figure is drawn from this specimep. 



