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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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The same simile occurs in — 



" Her breath is the breath of the woodbine, 

 Its dewdrap o' diamond her eye." 



And in one of his most familiar lyrics — 



" Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon, 

 To see the rose and woodbine twine." 



Another happy combination is — 



" Let fragrant birks in woodbines drest, 

 My craggy cliffs adorn." 



And what could more felicitously describe the loss of a parent bereft 

 of loving, tender offspring ? — 



" So deckt the woodbine sweet yon aged tree, 

 So from it ravished, leaves it bleak and bare." 



I shall close with a quotation from Cowper's "Winter Walk at 

 Noon " : — 



" Copious of flowers the woodbine pale and wan, 

 But well compensating her sickly look 

 With never cloying odours, early and late." 



Bishop Auckland, July, 1889. 



The Pterophorina of Britain. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



(Continued from page 150 J 



Before, however, leaving the more general part of these papers, 

 and proceeding to give a detailed description of the various genera 

 and species, I have determined to give a summarised table, dealing 

 with : — (1) the time of appearance in the imago, larval, and pupal 

 states, (2) the kind of locality particularly affected by the species, and 

 (3) the more common food-plants of the larva. The Roman numerals 

 denote the month of appearance, and these dates are, as a rule, the 

 result of my own observation, coupled with that of Messrs. G. T. 

 Porritt and J. B. Hodgkinson, so that the time given includes the 

 appearance of the species both in the north and south of England. 

 Variations in time occur according to the season (temperature, &c), 

 and at the best, the table can only be looked upon as a rough guide 

 and only as approximately correct for any given season. When the 

 information has been obtained from previously published works, the 

 fact is recorded. 



