The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-05

bers- OF the society, OF a new and remark
able specie of .sAchraea,'' hitherto quite
unknown t. science. The professor was
radiant and suffused with happiness. He
had long been an ardent collector in En-
gland and Europe, but only recently had
he turned his footsteps to the far-off
lands south Of the equator. 1t had been
the dream Of his life. And now, having
lately resigned his chair at Cambridge,
at the age Of sixty, at his first essay in
Cape Colony, a region fairly we'll known
70 entomologists, he had gratiied his
hearts desire. and discovered a species.
The new butterfly, which, it appeared
from a paper read by the professor, had
been found in some numbers. but with
in a very limited area mere speck OF
country-was shown in a carefully con-
Structed case. There were sixteen spec
linens; and it was settled that the but
terhy was to be known to science as
"Achraea Parchelli," thus perpetuating
the professor and his discovery to the
ages yet unborn. The one particularly
which marked the insect out from among
its fellows was very striking. Upon the
upper side of the hindwings. right in the
center. there appeared complete tri-
angular space of silver. evenly bordered
Harty, which was shared by male and
female alike. was very beautiful and
very marked; and the enthusiastic coll
1ectors gathered at the society's meeting
We're, as the box of specimens was passed
from hand to hand ali delighted with
the new treasure. As for the professor
himself. never, except, perhaps, in that
supreme moment when ne had discov-
3 boH
NE experienced such glow OF rapture
and of triumph.
Among the fellows Of the society met
this evening sat Horace Maybold,
gcod-looking young man of six and
twenty. who. having some private means
and an unquestoDa5ie thirst for the col
lection of butterflies. spent most Of MS
time IN going 10 and fro upon the earth
in search of rare species Horace had
tTaVe-ed in many lands. and had made
good many discoveries wei known 10 his
brethren and qule recently he had
turned mis- attention To me "Acnrdeinae,
the very -m.ly in waicl Prof ParcheI
had made MS marx. The new butterfly
Interested him a good deal Naturally,
he at once burned ID possess Ii in MS
own collection. and after the messing
broke up ne approached the professor
and sounded him ON the subject. In his
paper read IT, she society thar gentleman
had rather vaguely described the habitat
of tae new species as in the eastern
provinces o. Cape Colony. in a small and
compact area withiu fifty mics OF the
east bank 81. the sundays river But il
appeared very CuicSly that the profess
s1r f-f Jla present WIS unwilling 90 part
wi II any IF iis ~Da-ime1-s-even for an
adequate c11sIderatio1-0r 10 impart the
exact locality in which the species was
10 be found.
Horace had rather re,loned upon this.
bu, ne was none the less a little chagflned
al the old mans closeness
Now. my dear sir had replied the
professor 60 his inquiries. 81 can't part
with any vi my specimens, except 10 the
natural history museum 10 which / IN
tend 80 present pair As FOR the pre-
else habitat. 1 Observation-Disclosures the
present to reserve that secret to myself.
It is a p1Idonable piece of sell
fshness-9r shall term X seIf-preserva-
tiOn?-yOu, IS collector must admit. /
intend To renew my acquaintance with
the sp0. towards the beginning q next
winter-th1t Is the summer of the cape.
When ] have collected more specimens, l
may publish my secret to the world
Horace looked keenly al the face of the
clean. pink and white Old gentleman be
fore him There Wzs no compromise in
the set Of The finn lips. or the blue eyes
beamiEg pleasantly from behind the god
trimmed spectacles, and so. with polite
sentence or two on his lips, but with
some vexation at his heart Horace May
bod turned away and Went down TO MS
cub
During the rest of that summer Horace
was pretty much occupied. yet his men,
DRY let Quit its grip Of the professor and
his new butterfly. He had upon his writ
ing table the cOl0red plate from a Scien-
tifc magazine. vShereupon was depicted
that rare species, and as he refreshed
his with il now and again, he determined
more than ever To possess himself of
specimens of the original As far as pos
sible be kept a sharp eye on the pro-
fessor's movements until the middle Of
September, when, happening TO return to
town from a few days shooting. he ran
across the old gentleman in Piccadilly.
well. professor" said Horace genial
", how goes the world with you?
suppose you win be leaving England for
the cape again presently
YES returned the old gentleman, who
seemed in excellent spirits; 4 expect 10 be
sailing early in October L want TO have
a fortnight or more in Cape Town at the
museum there. After that. / propose
proceeding 10 my old hunting-grOund of
last year"
''Where You discovered the new Ach-
raea - interposed Horace.
Exactly" reiolned the old gentleman.
81 quite envy you, professor, went
on Horace 4 am in two minds about
visiting South Africa myself this win
ter The Orange river country hasn't
been half ransacked yet. or Kaffraria
either, for that matter / haven't set
tied my plans; but I may have turn
at one or the other
Now, Kaffraria lies not very far to
the east Of the professors own collect
ing ground, that sacred spot which held
his great secret yet inviolate. The old
gentleman's face changed perceptibly; a
sitter line or two appeared about his
mouth; ne looked with some suspicion
into Horace'S eyes, and said, rather
shortly: All welll / am told the Orange
river is an excellent and untried region.
But. eutomologically, South Africa. up
the whole. is poor. My visits there
are mainly for health and change. But
] must be getting on; have much to
do. Goodbye Mr.. MaybOld. goOd-byer
The professor passed on down st.
James's-st. and Horace sauntered along
Piccadilly with a smile upon his face.
The old gentleman had impaired some
thing Of his movements. Should he fol-
low them up2 Yes; he must have that
bAchraea Parchelli' somehow. He would
follow TO the eastern province in No
vember. It might be a triffe like pOach-
ing: but, after all, the world is not
butterfly preserve for the one or two
lucky ones. It lies open 10 every entO-
mOlOgist. And the old man had been
so confOundedly close and secret. 1t
would serve him right to discover his
sacred treasure, 10 make plain his mys-
tery.
After watching the weekly passenger
list in South Africa for some time Hor-
ace Mayb0ad noted with interest that