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introduced to Euchromia Arbutella, of which larva, pupa 

 and imago could all be simultaneously collected on the 

 plants of Arctostaplujllos Uva-ursi. I also made the per- 

 sonal acquaintance of Gnaphalium arenarium, and two of 

 the thereon feeding larvte — Coleophora Gaaphalii and 

 Buccidatrix Gnaphaliella ; then as we sat under the small- 

 leaved lime tree (Tilia parvifolia), the excitement of seeing 

 strange birds, hearing the call of the Oriolus Galbula, whilst 

 quietly sipping our punch, only disturbed by the gnats that 

 would bite, and of which Mrs. Stainton retained the im- 

 pressions for more than a week, formed a tout ensemble of 

 pleasurable sensations not often experienced. 



But to leave Glogau — for our stay there was but of short 

 duration — we started at an early hour the following morning, 

 reached Berlin in due course, could not find a droshki to take 

 us to the Stettin-Eisenbahn till after we had walked or 

 almost run a couple of miles, with half a dozen little urchins 

 carrying our baggage; reached the station just in comfort- 

 able time, and in four hours we found ourselves tolerably 

 tired and very hungry at Stettin. 



At Stettin, or alternating between Stettin and Hokendorf, 

 between the town and country residences of Herr Dohrn, we 

 remained a week. A record of all that was seen and done 

 there would take up too much space, neither would it be all 

 Entomological; as, for instance, it would relate how in the 

 great beech forest at Hokendorf, a steep sandy bank attracted 

 the attention of Professor Zeller, and he made many and 

 varied attempts to reach the summit — the loose slippery 

 nature of the soil, and the angle of elevation, preventing the 

 attainment of this object; it would tell how Herr Dohrn's 

 three sons, and even the sobe?' writer of these lines, joined 

 in this boyish prank till we were all about as sandy as we 

 well could be. At Stettin I made the acquaintance of Pro- 

 fessor Hering, who has a fine collection of Lepidoptera, 



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