Dec., '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 439 



That each dew-crowned Phibalaptcryx tcrsata is soon bedecked with a 



Dianthecia albiinacula. 

 ''Neath an old Boarmia punctularia, like a russet Hepialus hiimuli, 



a Eupithecia venosata sighs 



And a Cerura furcula plays in the Hipparchia janira 

 Where the Mamestra suasa violet lies. 

 Oh, sweeter far is the Epliyra punctaria than the Tliyatira batis's dainty 



hue, 

 And her fresh Psyche fitsca is quite in tone with the morning's 



Polyonimatiis argiolus. 

 No Cynthia cardui with jeweled crown though it be of Geometra 



papilionaria made, 

 Can vie with the Venessa antiopa here in this Ceratopacha ftnctuosa 



glade. 

 But the Hipparchia titlwnus wakes in his nook by the Lasioiinnata 



megaera 



And stamps on the Graphiphora bnnnica, 

 While a Macroglossa stellate/rum clad in his Plusia chrysites darts 



forth from the A crony eta salicis gray. 

 The Clisiocampa ncitstria throws open the window wide where the 



Odoncstis potatoria yawns o'er his beer 

 When an Atohnis rubricollis struts about And I'm glad that the day 



is here. 



KEY. 

 The "Mouse" creeps out of the "Speckled Wood" in the "Early Gray" 



of dawn, 

 And the "Grayling" leaps in the "Rivulet" and splashes the "Dusky 



Thorn" 

 In the vault of the "Silver Studded Blue", drifts a "Silver Cloud" so 



wet, 



That each dew swept "Fern" is soon bedecked with a "Beautiful Coro- 

 net." 

 'Neath an old "Gray Birch" like a russet "Ghost," a "Pretty Widow" 



sighs ; 

 And a "Kitten" plays in the "Meadow Brown" where the "Dog's 



Tooth" violet lies. 

 Oh, sweeter far is the "Maiden's Blush" than the "Peach Blossom's" 



dainty hue, 

 And her fresh "Brown Muslin" is quite in tone with the morning's 



"Azure Blue." 



No "Painted Lady" with jeweled crown though it be of "Large Emer- 

 ald" made 

 Can vie with the "Camhervvoll Beauty" here in this "Satin Carpet" glade. 



