“Adonis, M. Cytheris, and M. Menelaus, is indescribable; the eyes are pained as they gaze upon it; yet there is said to be an unnamed species from the emerald mountains of Bogota, of which a single specimen is in a private cabinet in London, which is far more lustrous than these.” — The Romance of Natural History (1861), Philip Henry Gosse
Lost Lustre
by Krilling for Company in Biology, Entomology, Lepidoptera, Natural History, Quotations and tagged beauty, biology, butterflies, entomology, Gosse, insects, Lepidoptera, lepidoptery, Natural History, Philip Henry Gosse, The Romance of Natural History, Victorian literature, Victorian science |
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