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gaze up into the vault of the firmament of Heaven? Was 

 Solomon, "in all his glory," arrayed like one of the "lilies of 

 the field?" What pearls do the "dark unfathomed caves" of 

 the ocean conceal that can compare with the view of the ocean 

 itself? ^^'hat sordid motive can furnish the thrill of devoted 

 loyalty? What price will purchase peace of mind? What worldly 

 feeling can equal the aspirations of piety, the "Breathings of 

 the devout soul?" What picture can depict the real landscape? 

 "Who can paint like nature?" and where is the artist but must 

 borrow both his ideas and his hues from her? What elaborate 

 perfume can vie with the scent of the primrose, the violet, the 

 hawthorn, and the rose? What artificial draught can give the 

 refreshment that "gentle sleep" will bestow even on the "ship- 

 boy" rocked upon the mast? "He giveth His beloved sleep," 

 and who can sell, or who can buy it, if He denies the inesti- 

 mable boon to the sick or the wearied in body or in mind? 



This may be moralising, but moralising is never out of place, 

 and I wish for readers who can moralise with a "Country 

 Parson," and share with him in the devout feelings which it 

 is his duty to spread as widely as he can. And what is true 

 of nature, the work of God, in any one particular, is true, 

 in this respect, of all; and if it be the right and the good 

 way to find "sermons in stones and good in every thing," let 

 the entomologist be allowed his share in the laudable feeling, 

 and admire, in the elegant Butterfly before us, the handiwork 

 of the Almighty and Adorable Creator. 



This fine fly is not uncommon in most of the southern 

 counties, and is taken in j^lenty so far north as Osbcrton, in 

 Nottinghamshire, the seat of George Savile Foljambe, Esq. 



Tt frequents the paths and borders of woods, and also, it is 

 said, heathy places. 



The perfect insect appears the end of June or beginning of 

 July. Mr. Dale once, namely in 1824, took the larva of this 

 species in the New Forest, Hampshire, on the 1st. of June. 



The wings expand to the width of about two inches and a 

 half. The fore wings are of a rich fulvous ground colour, the 

 base greenish, and the remainder thickly mottled over with 



