52 SEDGE FLIES-^TRICHOPTERA. 



However, its imitation with wings from a sheldrake, 

 jay, or other cinnamon feather does little better than one 

 dressed with the more sober coloured feather of the 

 French partridge or bittern. 



Fig. 63 is a useful pattern for two reasons — First, it 

 is a common insect ; and secondly, it is very like another 

 common insect, which gets on the water in great quantities 

 at times, namely, the small Grass Moth, which is so 

 plentiful in meadows when the grass is getting long and 

 for several weeks after. 



Fig. 64 is another of the very elegant species 

 {Limnophilus lunatus), and not one of the most numerous, 

 but taken with avidity when it does hatch out. 



Fig. 65 is the Silverhorn, which is typical of half a 

 dozen species ; it may be seen in clouds at times, 

 hovering busily over the water, and is quite worthy of 

 the angler's attention. Some species have dark dusky 

 wings, in others a strong sheen is observable, usefully 

 imitated by the shiny green feathers from a drakes wing, 

 Impeyan pheasant, or the blue neck feather of a cock 

 pheasant. 



One curious feature of the Sedges is that the bodies of 

 the males and females in several species are almost com- 

 plementary in colour, the male reddish brown and the 

 feniale green, or vice versa, and with different localities 

 we also observe a considerable difference in the depth 

 of the colour of both wings and bodies. 



As a rule the northern specimens are darker than those 

 taken from more southerly rivers. 



The Caddis-flies recall many captures of large baskets 



