CHAPTER VI. 



SEDGE YhlES — TRICHOPTBRA. 



Plate 6. 



On plate six are shown nine specimens of caddis 

 flies, or sedges as they are commonly called by anglers. 

 It is somewhat difficult to choose which are best 

 as types, out of the two hundred and fifty species 

 indigenous to this country, however, those shown are 

 all thoroughly tried and tested old friends, and may 

 be taken as fairly representative. 



Fi&- 57 is the largest species {^pkryganea grandis), 

 and is the bustard of the North ; there are several 

 other species about three quarters the size of this, 

 with brownish speckled wings, but the form and 

 general colour is much as in the specimen shown. 



Fig. 58 is called by Ronalds " corncrake and 

 orange," and is a capital lure when dressed small. 



Fig. 59 is very like a small clothes moth, and is 

 also a very good lure. 



Fig. 60 is a much more showy insect and eagerly 

 taken, but never occurs in such numbers as the two 

 last named. 



Fig. 61 is one of the very commonest sedges, and 

 is often called "grouse and green." Entomologists 

 name it Leptocerida Longico7'iiis. 



