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flybox. The cast off skin was very thin and nearly color- 
less, except when dried it looked white. 
Checkwing.—Out and hatching. Took several from under 
stones, as if just hatched. 
Black drake-—Nearly same as first ; length only a quarter. 
Black dun.— Hatching. 
Needle brown, little freckled dun.Out and hatching ; 
numerous all day. 
Early dun.— Hatching and out. Full length three-eighths. 
Light patch on the top edge of the wings. 
Spinner.—In great numbers by the water sides and in the 
fields, all day, in their best perfection of size and summer 
beauty ; of azure tints and rich transparencies. 
Red ant fly.—On the water ; full length, a quarter. 
Black and yellow spinner.—Out until evening. 
Orange brown.—Out until evening. 
Dark drake (watchet).—Hatching freely and for some 
time back. 
Light drake, black drake.—Hatching in the middle hours 
of the day. 
Light pied duns.—Out in the evenings. 
Little red drake, dark red drake.—-Out in the evenings. 
TENTH. 
Blue drake, iron blue drake, pearl drake, little red drake, 
and needle brown.—Great numbers of these flies struggling 
alive in spider webs and on posts and rails, by the water 
sides, at three p.m. 
Blue spinner or gnat,—Hatching in great numbers ; several 
on the under side of a single stone, taken up by the hand 
from the edge of the water, when they had just come out. 
FIFTEENTH. 
Pied duns.—Numbers out in the evening. 
