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The enquiry is interesting, How did Ectobia Germanica get to the Ohaudiere 1 At 

 that place, which is nine miles from Point Levi, luggage is transferred from the Grand 

 Trunk to the Intercolonial, and vice versa ; and the creatures might have been brought by 

 American tourists from Boston (where it abounds), or by immigrants from Germany, or 

 other parts of Europe. The latter supposition is the more likely, inasmuch as the immi- 

 grants far exceed the tourists in number, and also are of a different class — a class less 

 likely to be careful as to their properties and equipments. No doubt the "bug" was 

 carried to Boston by immigrants. It is not a " Yankee invention." 



ON CERTAIN FAMILIES OF THE NEUROPTERA, IN THEIR RELATION 

 TO THE FISHING INTERESTS. 



BY THE REV. THOMAS W. FYLES, OP SOUTH QUEBEC. 



In this land of lakes and streams the inland fisheries ought to be of great importance, 

 and whatever has a bearing upon them is deserving of attention. It is well-known to 

 anglers and to naturalists, that many species of the Neuroptera, or nerve-winged insects, 

 in their different stages of existence form a very large proportion of the food of fresh 

 ■vrater fishes. 



Latreille classified the Neuroptera as follows : — 



Subulicornes : Planipennes — Continued. 



Libellula Semblis 



.ZEshna Corydalis 



Agrion Chauliodes 



Ephemera Sialus 



Rephidia 

 Planipennes : Hemerobius 



Psocus 

 Panorpa p er l a 



Nemoptera Neumora 



Bittacus 



boreus Plicipennes : 



Myrmeleon 



Ascalaphus Phryganea 



Hemerobius Sericostoma 



Asmylus Mystacida 



Numphes Eydroptila. 



Of these families, Ephemera, Perla, Corydalis and Phryganea, especially have been 

 long known as affording " killing " baits for the different species of fish. 



Those fathers of the gentle craft — Walton and Cotton, make frequent mention of the 

 Green Drake and Grey Drake (Ephemera) ; the Stone Fly (Perla) ; the Camlet Fly 

 (Phryganea), and the Caddis (the case-worm or larva of the Phryganea). 



Walton speaking of the trout says : — " He especially loves the May Fly which is bred 

 of the cod-worm or cadis, and these make the trout bold and lusty, and he is usually fatter 

 and better meat at the end of that month (May) than at any time of the year. — Comp. 

 Any. Ch. IF. 



He enumerates " divers kinds of caddis or case-worms," and he sums up with, " I will 

 tell you, scholar, several counties have several kinds of cadises, that indeed differ as much 

 as dogs do, that is to say, as much as a very cur and a greyhound do. These be usually 

 bred in the very little rills or ditches that run into bigger rivers ; and I think a more 

 proper bait for those very rivers than any other. I know not how or of what this caddis 

 receives life, or what coloured fly it turns to, but doubtless they are the death of many 

 trouts."— Jb. Ch. VII. 



