buff-ermine

Updated: June 12, 2025

A very little reading will give a man such a knowledge of geology, for example, as will make every quarry and railway cutting an object of interest. A very little zoology will enable you to satisfy your curiosity as to what is the proper name and style of this buff-ermine moth which at the present instant is buzzing round the lamp.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Through the Magic Door