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right wings male arid the left wings female. 

 Mr. Vaughan has one with the spots coales- 

 cing and forming streaks, a form of variation 

 noticed in others of the genus. A female in 

 Mr. Wellman's collection has the orange 

 band very distinct on the upper side of all 

 four wings, with well defined black spots. 

 The variety Bella, H.S. is found in Asia 

 Minor. The underside of the wings is 

 paler than the type, and has a row of mar- 

 ginal spots. Other named varieties are — 

 Corsica, Bell, occuring in Corsica as the 

 name implies; Leodovus; Mgidion; Lapponica; 

 and JEgia&es, all Erh. I do not know the 

 distinction of them. 



AN ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 RAMBLE. 



By S. L. MOSLEY. 



Three of us having determined upon an 

 outing in pursuit of the beauties of Nature, 

 we fixed upon Saturday) July the gth, for a 

 rendezvous in Wharncliff Woods. After the 

 cares of business were over, we accordingly 

 took the first afternoon train from Hudders- 

 field to Penistone. Oj how delightful to 

 the naturalist when thus starting out for 

 a few hours pleasure; No one like he can 

 appreciate the bright sunshine, the green 

 woods, and the crystal springs. The sun* 

 shine is to him the giver of lite and joy, the 

 woods are his home, and the spring is the 

 fountain of life, pure, untampered with by 

 the hand of man; 



But let us look round; In the third class 

 compartment are several passengers besides 

 the three entomologists whose acquaintance 

 you are about to make. There is John 

 Thomas and his fair companion. They have 

 decided to have a stroll through the country. 

 He, and perhaps she too, have been shut up 

 in a factory for ten hours every day since 

 Monday t and home cares have kept her at 

 least, close in the evening, so that is is quite 

 a relief, a new life as it were, to go out to the 

 country for a few bright hours, to breathe 



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the pure air, gather nosegays of honey- 

 suckle and wild roses, or 



"breathe the tender tale 

 Beneath the milk ; -white thorn 

 That scents the evening Yale/' 



Yet even pleasant as it is, how much more 

 pleasant could that ramble be made if they 

 could only properly appreciate the beautiful 

 lessons and stories which Nature has to un- 

 fold. Those two which sit opposite have got 

 their bats and Wickets, and are off to a 

 cricket match. The only objects which 

 attract their attention are cricket fields and 

 players, which we can see at intervals along 

 the line side. Of course, they look with a 

 great amount of query on our bags and nets, 

 and when a bag is opened and half-a-dozen 

 pill boxes tumble out their wonder is in- 

 creased, and they, no doubt, think we are 

 off upon some "silly game." That man 

 has got the gout ; he is going to Dr. Some- 

 body to see if he cannot give him a draught 

 that will do him good, Oh ! Mr. Gout, if 

 you would only go with us you would get a 

 draught that is a never-failing remedy 

 against your complaint. Naturalists are 

 never troubled with gout, unless they be 

 " closet naturalists." 



But we have arrived at Penistone. Let 

 me describe the route we took. Leaving 

 the station yard we turned along the turn- 

 pike road in the direction of Sheffield, and 

 upon enquiry, found that we had between 

 five and six miles before us ere we found our- 

 selves at Wharncliff. We had an object in 

 walking this distance, and that was to beat 

 the hedges, &c, along the road-side for larvae, 

 but there came on a drizzling rain, which 

 prevented our operations in that line. We, 

 however, picked up a few larvae of V. urtica, 

 several very beautiful specimens of P. V-aur- 

 eunii and a few other things, and by seven 

 o'clock had arrived at the first porter's lodge, 

 the entrance to Wharncliff Park. Seeing 

 an announcement in the window, we went 

 inside where we had a "refresh " by way of 

 a bottle each of " ginger ale." Wharncliff 

 Crags and Woods are the property of Lord 



