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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



A HOLIDAY IN GERMANY. 



AS we had once or twice gone down the railway 

 through the Black Forest, we determined this 

 year to see some of the less frequented parts, at the 

 same time collecting as many of the flowers and 

 insects as our short visit would allow. Having been 

 well rewarded in our searches I hope to give an out- 

 line of what we found, in the following brief sketch. 

 We left England on June 22, arriving at Triberg 

 on the 26th. Here we spent several days, our prin- 

 cipal finds in insects being Polyommatus Eurydice, 

 and virgaurecr, Argynnis Selene, Zygccna mines, Ino 

 globularice, Hcpialus humitli, Gnophria rubricollis, 



Fig. 145. 



-Dark-green Fritillary (Argynnis Aglaia), 

 under side of male. 



Fig. 146. — Dark-green Fritillary (Argynnis Aglaia), 

 upper side of female. 



Fidonia piniaria, atomaria and conspicuata, Ercbia 

 Bhifidina, Venilia metadata, Cicindela sylvicola, Adela 

 Degeerella, Arctia plantaginis, and purpurea. I 

 cannot see why the last-named species is called 

 purpurea ; the upper wings are brilliant orange with 

 faint brown spots, the lower wings scarlet with black 

 spots. 



Among flowers we found Ranunculus aconitifolius, 

 Saxifraga muscoides, Comarum pahistre, Geum rivale, 

 Digitalis hitca, Polygonum bistortum, Cytisus sagittalis 

 (everywhere), Phyteuma spicatnm, Gnapkalium sylva- 

 ticum and Antennaria dioica, Diauthus dettoides, 

 Aconitum Lycoctonum, Trollius Europaus, Sangui- 

 sorba officinalis (abundant), also a plant or two of 

 Drosera. 



From Triberg we drove to the clock-making village 

 of Furtwangen, where, as usual, we were pestered 

 with Tabaui of all sizes, and next morning went 

 down the beautiful Siemonswalder Thai, and on to 

 Freiburg. Thence by the well-known Hollenthal 

 to Titisee, which seems to be the best place for 

 flowers in the whole Schwarzwald. In one walk 

 we found Pyrola uniflora and secunda, Botrychium 

 Lunaria, Genliana campestris, Vaccinium Vitis-Ideza 

 and uliginosum, Polygonatum verticillatum, Rosa 



Fig. 147.— Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Argynnis 

 Selene}, upper side. 



Fig. 148.- 



-Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Argynnis 

 Selene}, under tide. 



Fig. 149. — Green Hairstreak (Thecla rubi), under side. 



Fig. 150. — Green Hairstreak (Thecla rubi), upper side. 



alpiua, and most of the Triberg flora ; the bogs were 

 red with the Drosera rotundifolia, and the beautiful 

 Oxycoccos vulgaris with its tiny pink flowers was 

 plentiful in them. In another walk we brought in. 

 Aconitum Lycoctonum , Listera cor data, Pyrola minor T 

 Lilium bulbijerum, Maianthemum bifolium, and 

 Paris quadrifolia ; when there is any abundance 

 of the latter, one is sure to find a plant with five leaves 

 instead of four. We also found three different Poly- 

 galas as well as Orchis bifolia, couopsea and maculata ,* 

 the two last-named, as well as some Campanulas, 



