The Hunting Wasps 



ter, we shall see fluttering idly from one tuft 

 of blossom to another a magnificent Butterfly 

 with white wings adorned with four bright- 

 crimson spots, surrounded with black. 'Tis 

 Parnassius Apollo, the beautiful occupant of 

 the Alpine solitudes, near the eternal snows. 

 Her caterpillar lives on the saxifrages. 



Here let us end this sketch of the sweet 

 joys that await the naturalist on the summit 

 of Mont Ventoux and return to the Hairy 

 Ammophila, who was lurking yesterday in 

 her legions under the shelter of a stone when 

 the misty rain came and enshrouded us. 



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