THE YOUNG NAT T 



a sharp thunder shower, you will see each 

 little stream carrying down earth, sand, and 

 small stones, which have been loosened by 

 frost and atmospheric influences. This 

 debris is carried down, accumulating as it 

 progresses, until, finally, it is deposited in 

 some quiet pool, or at the mouth ot" some 

 river. This, probably, has been going on for 

 ages, and only allow sufficient time and it is 

 very easy to sec that all this valley may have 

 j been hollowed out in this way." 



" Then we should expect to find the same 

 beds of rock on the opposite side of the valley 

 that there are on this, be-ause at one time 

 they must have been continuous across the 

 valley." 



" Ves : the same beds should, to a great 

 extent, appear on the opposite side ; some- 

 times when a rock is "dipping," as geologists 

 say when it is slanting, the two sides will not 

 correspond, because the upper beds are so 

 much inclined that they would run out before 

 they reached the opposite hill." 



" If you like, then, we will some day take 

 a walk up the other side of the valley, to 

 ascertain if such be the car,e ; but time is 

 getting on, just let us go to the top. and then 

 we will return." 



Another five minutes' walk brought them 

 to the top of the hill, where they found an 

 old quarry with piles of loose stones. 



" I have heard," said the lady, " that a par- 

 ticular kind of moth, Dasypolia templi, is found 

 in such situations as this; just let us have a 

 look while we are here. They hide under 

 the stones. " 



So Johx set to work turning over the larger 

 stones, while she examined the smaller pieces. 

 They turned a long while without finding any 

 signs of life, save now and then a half-starved 

 spider. Then a shining green-bottle fly re- 

 warded their labours ; then a hybernating 

 female wasp, until, when they were about to 

 give up the search, a stone was turned which 

 revealed a beautiful templi sitting quietly uu- 

 derneath. With the exercise of patience and 

 more labour, three or four more were ob- 



181 



tained, and they were just about to leave, 

 when a person with an air of dignity walked 

 up to John, and asked him what he was 

 doing ? 



" Seeking moths, sir ! " 



" What ! I suppose you mean buzzards ? 

 Well, it's all very well to tell such tales to 

 somebody as knows no better ; but it's all 

 moonshine, and don't think a bamboozling 

 me. It's a pity a feller cannot keep a few 

 rabbit.-, quietly, but they should be hunted 

 up by everybody. An' I see yo' brought yo'r 

 wife to help yo'. Well, t'best advice as I can 

 give yo' is to get off my land as sooin as yo' 

 can." 



In vain did John attempt to explain ; even 

 when shown the insects they had caught, 

 Farmer Blunt would have it that they were 

 after his rabbits, and demanded their speedy 

 exit. 



(To be continued. J 



BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



By J. E. Ronsox ; with figures from life by 

 S. L. M'OSLEY. 



(Assisted by Contributors to the Y. N.) 



TYPHON, ROTT.—[¥\. 16, Fig. 3.) 

 Typhon, — This name appears to have 

 priority by two years over Davits, which has 

 I generally been used by English writers. Con- 

 1 siderable confusion has been created by the 

 manner in which the names of the type and 

 varieties have been mixed up, which we will 

 endeavour to clear up under the head 

 " Variation." 



Imago. — El. to, Fig. 3. — Uniformly dull 

 brown, with or without one or more eyed 

 spots. Under-side similar in colour, the hind 

 wing darker towards the 'base. A more or 

 less distinct pale band crosses both wings, 

 beyond which are several more or less dis- 

 tinctly eyed spots, largest and most numerous 

 in the hind wing, but sometimes scarcely 

 traceable. 



L«a'/'Va. — Dark green ; dorsal line darker 



