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But let us for the present ramble in the gardens belonging to that old 

 mansion, which, though bearing the impress of age, derives all its beauty 

 from its situation and pretty grounds. In the sunny kitchen-gardens, sloping 

 to the south, may be seen in April and May, and indeed through the 

 spring and summer, for there are two broods of nearly all the species, various 

 kinds of White Butterflies, which, in the larva state, do so much injury to 

 vegetables, and are looked upon with such ill-will by the gardener. Pontia 

 Brassicoe, (Cabbage Butterfly,) the largest of the genus; P. Bapce, (Small 

 White,) very similar except in size; P. Metra, (Howard's White,) a delicate 

 looking little creature, almost entirely white, tinged with yellow; and P, 

 Sabellicce, (Dusky-veined White,) considered only a variety of P. Napi, 

 (Green-veined White,) a very common species. All these I have constantly 

 found in this garden, but the prettiest of the genus, the little Pontia car- 

 damines, (Orange-tip,) prefers the shady paths in that pretty wood, evincing 

 the good taste you would expect from so lovely a creature. Early in April, 

 during the transient gleams of sunshine, I have watched with delight this 

 little fairy, which looks as though he had caught a ray of sunshine on the 

 tip of his wings, so brilliant are the orange markings in the male buttei-fly; 

 while the demure little female is satisfied with having her pretty wings powdered 

 with yellow and green. How like gems they look, glancing under the tall 

 tress; but a shower is coming on, and they disappear. When it is over, 

 we will extend our ramble through Love-lane — where is there a neighbourhood 

 without a Love-lane? and this is supremely worthy of that romantic name 

 ' On one side of the pretty winding path are the plantations belonging to 



■ Hall; on the other sloping meadows with a small stream running through 



them, bordered with sweet flowers, and backed by the ever-varying Downs, 

 alternately sunshine and shade, as the shadow of a passing cloud courses rapidly 

 over them. In this lane I caught, one day in May, the rather rare insect 

 Leucophasia Sinajns, (Wood White,) the smallest of our White Butterflies, 

 and not very unlike a Dragon-fly, with its slender wings and semi-transparent 

 appearance; and in the park field just above, two specimens of Pieris Orataegi, 

 (Black- veined White,) or Hawthorn Butterfly, bj no means a common insect. 



Near the end of the lane, in a narrow grassy path winding through the 

 plantation, the pretty Hipparchia Hyperanthus, (Ringlet Butterfly,) might 

 be seen abundantly during one summer, and I captured several specimens; 

 but that part of the copse was cut down, and though the underwood 

 soon grew again, the pretty Ringlets had quite disappeared, and I never saw 

 them afterwards in that locality. Here too, I found the beautiful Melitcea 

 Euphrosyne, (Pearl-bordered Fritillary,) a most appropriate place too, for the 

 violet, the sweet food of the caterpillar of this species, is abundant in Love- 

 lane during the season. Argynnis PapJtia, (Silver-washed Fritillary,) and 

 Hipparchia cegeria, (Speckled Wood,) are also inhabitants of this pretty and 

 secluded locality; the former appearing about July, the latter at many- 

 different seasons. 



