CHAPTER II. 



TWO-WI N GE D FL I E S—DIPTERA. 



Plate 2. 



As the season advances the insect world gets busier 

 and busier, and the angler and naturalist, who, at 

 first, have been looking with impatience for the early 

 arrivals, in a very few weeks have to admit that they 

 are completely overwhelmed by the number and 

 variety of insects which are continually coming under 

 their notice. 



On this plate we have endeavoured to select a 

 representative collection of the common two-winged 

 flies (dipterd), most, if not all of which are familiar to 

 anglers. 



No. 1 1 is the cowdung fly, useful on a windy day, 

 especially during the early part of the season ; there 

 are several varieties, varying in colour very much from 

 yellow to brown, green, or orange, and they are often 

 on the water in great numbers. 



Nos. 12, 13, 23 are hoverers (syriphidce), a beautiful 

 class of fly, in a great variety of black, yellow, and 

 orange ; their bodies glitter like gold, particularly on 

 the under surface, and smartness should be the keynote 

 of their imitations. 



No. 14 is a small black dipteron which shines like 

 silver, and its imitation, is a distinctly successful lure. 



