190 THE YOUNG 



in Germany there are far more facilities for 

 the entomologist than in this country. 

 There being no enclosed land, people can 

 go into meadows and private gardens without 

 being molested, unless they do any damage. 

 He says that he has taken Doritis apollo very 

 plentifully in Switzerland, south of the 

 Alps. It is a very easy butterfly to catch, 

 flying so heavily on the wing. He also 

 further remarks that H. humuli, C. caja, and 

 A . grossulariata are not common in Germany. 

 — W. H. Bath, Sutton, near Birmingham. 



CAPTURED IN THE NEIGH- 

 BOURHOOD OF BOCKLETON, 



Situated five miles south of Tenbury, in the 

 county of Worcester, in 1881. 

 Larv^ (Continued Jvom page 150.) 



L. Didymata, very numerous, primrose. 



D. Furcula, 2, willow 



D. Bifida, 5, poplar 



D. Vinula, 7, willow 



P. Bucephaia, very numerous, willow 



N. Camelina, 4, willow 



N. Ziczac, 9, willow 



N. Chaonia, i, 



T. Batis, I, bramble 



A. Tridens, i, laurel 



A. Psi, 10, various 



A. Leporina, i, alder 



A. Aceris, 20, poplar 

 I A. Megacephala, 6, poplar 



A. Rumicis, very numerous, various 



M. Brassicae ,, various 



H. Pisi, 8, various 



P. Iota, 2, nettle 



V. C-Album, 31, hop 



V. Urticae, very numerous, nettle. 



We had a lot more larvae of which we did 

 not know the names. We did not see a 

 single specimen of V. Cardui last summer, 

 though in 1879 and 1880 they were very 

 plentiful. There were very few butterflies 

 about in August, I suppose the cold and 

 wet prevented them coming out. We took 



NATUKA.LIST. 



scarcely any moths at sugar, either in 

 August, September, or October ; Ferru- 

 ginea, Oxyacanthce, Aprilina, and Stiff usa 

 being conspicuous by their absence. — 

 R. Prescott Decie. 



SIGNS OF RAIN. 



The following lines by Dr. Jenner are 

 worth reproducing in the Young Naturalist. 

 The hollow winds begin to blow, 

 The clouds look black, the glass is low. 

 The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep. 

 And spiders from their cobwebs creep. 

 Last night the sun went pale to bed, 

 The moon in halos hid her head. 

 The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, 

 For see I a rainbow spans the sky. 

 The waUs are damp, the ditches swell. 

 Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel. 

 Hark ! how the chairs and tables crack, 

 Old Betty's joints are on the rack. 

 Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry. 

 The distant hills are looking nigh. 

 How restless are the snorting swine, 

 The busy flies disturb the kine. 

 Low o'er the grass the swallow wings: 

 The cricket, too, how loud it sings. 

 Puss on the earth with velvet paws, 

 Sits smoothing o'er her whisker'd jaws. 

 Tlaro' the clear stream the fishes rise, 

 And nimbly catch the incautious flies. 

 The sheep were seen at early Ught 

 Cropping the meads with eager bite. 

 Tho' June, the air is cold and chiU ; 

 The mellow blackbird's voice is still. 

 The glow-worms, numerous and bright, 

 Illumed the dewy dell last night. 

 At dusk the squalid toad was seen 

 Hoppmg, crawhng o'er the green. 

 The frog has lost its yellow vest. 

 And in a dingy suit is dressed. 

 The leech, disturb'd, is newly risen 

 Quite to the summit of his prison. 

 The whirling wimds the dust ob ys, 

 And in the rapid eddy plays. 

 My dog, so altered in liis taste. 

 Quits mutton bones om grass to feast ; 

 And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, 

 They imitate the gliding kite ; 

 Or seem, precipitate to faU, 

 As if they felt the piercing baU. 

 'TwiU surely rain— I see with sorrow, 

 Our jaunt must be put ofl to-morrow. 



