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distinguished from either of the orders previously- 

 referred to by its pecuHar hunchback appearance, 

 the shape and coarse nervures of its wings, the 

 absence of hairs on the wings, and of spurs on the 

 legs. 



Fig. 38 represents the reed smut, one of the smuts 



or curses of which the larvae 

 Smuts or curses. and pupae are generally found 



attached to reeds or ribbon 

 weed. Like all the insects called by the angler 



smuts or curses, it is 



Fig. 38. Reed Smut x 9 1 11 



very much smaller 



than any of the orders 

 previously referred to 

 in this chapter, and 

 cannot by any possi- 

 bility be confused 

 with any of them. It 

 is one of the very 

 numerous examples of genera and species belonging 

 to the order of Diptera. 



The last of our list of flies on which the fish are 



likely to be feeding is the 



Winged ants. winged ant. The form of the 



ant with its slender waist and 

 enlarged lobe at the hinder part of the abdomen is so 

 well known that the angler can have no difficulty in 

 distinguishing it when it is present. 



The foregoing hints are probably sufficient to enable 

 the dry-fly man to determine the order under which 



