360 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



is everywhere in evidence. The lovely Peacock (Vanessa io) and 

 the Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) shew well against the surround- 

 ing foliage. The Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) flits 

 ov^r the brambles, on which its 'arvae feed. Once in an age a 

 Queen of Spain Fritillary {Argynnis lathonia) makes its appear- 

 ance — blown over, it may be, from France. The Bath White 

 {Pieris daplidice) sometimes shews itself, and formerly the Black 

 Veined White (Aporia cratcegi) could often be seen. 



Years ago, in such a wood, I saw what English entomologists 

 seldom see — a specimen of the Camberwell Beauty {Vanessa 

 antiopa). It came sailing over the tree-tops and lit upon an oak 

 sapling immediately before me, and then opened its lovely wings. 

 A moment — and it was gone! And I saw it again no more. 



Where oak trees are plentiful in the forest, the monarch of 

 English butterflies, the stately Purple Emperor, may sometimes 

 be seen, and there the Purple Hairstreak will surely be found. 



Remarkable instances of insect mimicry will engage the atten- 

 tion in such a wood. Here by the road-side is a bush of Broom — 

 the Planta genista of olden times, from which the great Plantagenets 

 of English History derived their surname: 



"That name Count Geoffrey did assume 



When, riding to the chase. 

 He wore in his casque, instead of plume, 

 A nodding crest of the yellow Broom, 



In its fresh and fragrant grace." 



As the traveller approaches the shrub, he will be surprised to 

 see a number of supposed leaves of the plant detach themselves 

 from the twigs and flutter away. They are specimens of the tiny 

 Green Hairstreak {Thecla riihi). 



At another time, noticing the long cylindrical catkins of the 

 Birch, he will be astonished to see that which he had taken to be 

 one of them move away with alternate loops and strides. It is a 

 larva of the Large Emerald Moth {Geometra papilionaria L.). 



In the woodland lane the ear is — "charmed with concord of 

 sweet sounds." Suppose yourselves in such a lane — call to your 

 imagination its sights and sounds, and — 



