CADDIS-FLIfiS 49 



with brown, or a similarly barred part of 

 the quill feather of a woodcock. 



Hook. No. 1 3, new size. 



(Illustrations of the natural and artificial 

 fly are given in Plates I. and III.) 



THE BED SEDGE (Anabolia nervosa, Steph.) 



There is a Caddis-fly which appears on 

 the water about the beginning of June, 

 and which I have seen in great numbers 

 as late as the middle of October, that does 

 not seem to have obtained a popular name 

 among fishermen. 



Its wings are very much like those of 

 the Alder in shape and veining, and the 

 fly is nearly the same size, though per- 

 haps it is, on an average, very slightly 

 smaller. Here, however, the resemblance 

 ends. Its anterior wings are of a light 

 reddish-brown colour, and are more trans- 

 parent than are those of the Alder. The 

 body is also shorter in proportion to its 

 wings, and is closely covered with light 

 yellow hairs, which, on the darker back- 

 ground of the body, gives it a greyish- 

 yellow appearance. 



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