aos 
wa ot 
Perch, river. Perca fluviatilis, Lin. 
Epigrams, Fragments, &c. from the Greek. 
[April f, 
Carp. Cyprinus earpio, Lin. ’ ; 
Fench, Cyprinus pinna ani radiis 25, cauda i inteeies In ponds, 
corpore mucoso, cirris 2, Lin, 
Gold-fish. | Cyprinus auratus, ‘Lin, 
Crustaceous, 
Lobsters, Craw-fish, Prawns, Shrimps, &c. 
~  Testaceous. 
Oyster, Scallop, Mussel, Cockle, &c. 
INSECTS. 
Heiniptera. 
Mole cricket. Gryllotalpa, Lin. 
I had one brought me alive, which was found 
on the farm of Trevean,-in the parish of St. Kevern. 
LEPIDOPTEROUS.—Sphinx, 
Fhe Sphinx Atropos, is the most remarkable of this genus; the upper wings are of 
a blackish brown, waved irregularly above and below with a lighter 
hue; the under wings and the abdomen are of a fine yellow, varie- 
gated with transverse bands of black. The most remarkable part of 
this animal is the representation of a Death’s-head upon the upper 
part of the thorax. 
utter a cry like that of a mouse. 
The Sphinx Atropos, when hurt or teased, will 
I had one of the above described 
auimals brought to me alive, the only one I ever saw. E. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
EPIGRAMS, FRAGMENTS, aud FUGITIVE 
PIECES, from the GREEK. 
[Continued from vol. 21. p. 22.1 
F picturesque description, such as 
eccurs in Theccritus, the following 
are nO mean specimens, 
** Beneath the friendly shade ~ 
Of this wild olive tree, that skirts the glade, 
Whilst there the cooling stream glides soft 
along, 
May breathe, in sweeter tones, thy boasted 
- song ; ; 
Here grassy beds, here tender herbage 
springs, - 
Here, perch’d on high, the noonday-locust 
sings.” 
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¢¢ Here flourish oaks, here rushes thrive, 
Here sweetly buz the bees round many a 
hive: 
Here two fresh fountains cool the heats of 
day, 
And prattling birds enliven every spray ; 
Here, while thy bowers a slighter umbrage 
ewn, 
The clustering pine-tree scatters many a cone.’ 
Polwhete’s Thtocritus, quarto edit. pp. 54, 
This passage, it must be owned, is far 
from unpicturesque; but there is such an 
inimitable charm in the original—such 
a murmur, and so delightful a cadence, 
“expressive (to’ my ear at least) of the 
buz of bees, the fall ot fountains, and 
the singing of birds, as the happiest 
translation cannot possibly communicate 
to the sense of mere English readers: to 
melodies of this sort, the Dorie dialect. is 
more peculiarly adapted. 
In the sixth idyllium, we are pre- 
sented with a very lively picture :—a dog 
baying his shadow on the water, and a 
girl bathing close by. The lightness.of her 
figure, as she emerges from the waves, 
her soft limbs instantly becoming dry 
in the sun, and her sportive airmess, are 
compared to the down of the thistle 
floating on the breeze; with a felicity to 
me more striking, than that of any other 
simile to be found in the ancient poets. 
The similes of the Greek and Latin 
poets are not, in general, appropriate 
in all their parts; they are little indis- 
tinct descriptions, rather than similes : 
but the following is not only picturesque 
s a description, but exact as a come 
parison : ‘a 
He, on the lucid wave, his form surveys 5 , 
And, on the beach, his dancing, shadow 
bays. 
Call, call him, lest he rush upon. the fair, 
Lest her emerging limbs the rover tear. 
Yet lo! the frolic maiden sports at ease, 
Light as the down that floats upon the 
breeze, 
When summer dries the thistle’s silyer hair, 
Its softness melting into azure air.” p. 64. 
The seventh idylhom, entitled the 
‘« Harvest-Feast,” or the Vernal Voy age, 
may be said to consist of little portraits, 
or pictures. It is certainly rich in rugal 
imagery. 
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“© While sleeping in each hedge the lizard 
’ lies, 
And not a crested lark swims o'er. the 
skies, 
Struck by thy henrying clogs the so i 
leap 3 
And, Pil be sworn, they ring at every step.” 
P. 690 
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