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edge of the wood, and the patch of lavender or knoll of cistus 
which attracts, every quarter of an hour at least, one specimen of 
Thais, replacing the last consigned to his collecting-box ; then 
Leuchloé Belia, with its silver and green under-wing, Lycena 
melanops, rising out of the beaten brushwood, the breathless 
chase of Avge Syllius (Psyche), and, perchance, the fortunate cap- 
ture of Libythea celtis or Vanessa Egla ; not to mention a host of 
other beautiful insects, such as Papilio Podalirius, gently swooping 
along, and ever and anon floating on its wings, the short-lived 
Luranthis plumistraria, which may be found in abundance for 
about a fortnight, but of which not a specimen will be seen after- 
wards, Deiopeia pulchella, frequenting the neighbourhood of the 
seashore, Zhecla rubi, the green of whose underside is scarcely 
distinguishable from the juniper or myrtle, on which it rests, and 
many common species, such as Painted Ladies, Clouded Yellows, 
Orange Tips, Bath Whites, and Grizzly Skippers, in plenty. 
Nor can he forget the repose of the well-earned lunch, in the 
shade of an umbrella pine, with a view of the blue Mediterranean 
and the “Golden Isles” in the distance, the air fragrant with the 
aromatic balsam of pine, eucalyptus, and rosemary. Such days 
as these raise the memory like a reminiscence of paradise, fraught 
with glories of colour, odour, light, and life. 
The botanist has no mean enjoyment in his excursions, but 
the entomologist has the added triumph of an exciting chase or 
wary approach to add zest to discovery.— from ‘A Handbook of 
Luropean Butterfites,’ by W. F. de V. Kane. 
Zn Wrpression of Animal Sympathy. 
While riding along a country road in the environs of Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, about the 1st of last October, I noticed a very amusing 
display of animal intelligence. Ina field beneath some trees at 
the bottom of a very high hill stood, facing each other, a donkey 
and a young bull. The bull was standing very patiently, slightly 
nodding his head up and down, while the donkey, with a rather 
heavy stick about two feet long in his mouth, was scratching his 
companion’s forehead. We stopped our horse and watched the 
operation for some time. Once the donkey dropped his instru- 
ment, but, without hesitation, lowered his head, picked up the 
club again with his teeth, and continued scratching very gravely, 
to the evident satisfaction of the bull. We often see two cows 
“rubbing horns.” Whether this was a return for a similar favour 
from the bull or not, the donkey very clearly realised his poverty 
in the matter of horns, and happily supplied a deficiency.— 
Charles L. Edwards in American Naturalist, 
