74 Mr. MARSHAM': Obfervations 
Linneus himfelf appears to have been unacquainted with the 
female Mendica; and the fpecimen of the male in his cabinet 
being a bad one, with the black fpots obliterated, he defcribes it, 
cinerea tota, femoribus luteis. This however is not the cafe; for 
the male is fpotted like the female, as may be feen in the drawing, 
fig. 3. 6. There is indeed a bad fpecimen of the female of this 
moth in his cabinet; but it is placed indifcriminately with Lubri- 
cipeda and Erminea. I have endeavoured to give to each the 
Íynonyms quoted by Linneus; to which I have added many that 
have been publifhed fince his work was printed, omitting feveral 
that appeared only copies of Linneus. But even to them I am 
under fome obligation, as they have referred me to fynonyms 
which others had overlooked. As the fimilarity of the colour in 
the bodies of the two firft fpecies appears to have been the occa- 
fion of their having been placed together, I have added another 
(vide fig. 4.), and named it Papyratia, exactly agreeing with them 
in that particular, although perfectly diftinét, as the larva and 
mode of living teftify. This moth is more rare than either of the 
others, and I find but one figure of it, which is in Albin, and 
well executed. As almoft every author who has given figures of 
the two firft infects in their different ftates, makes them diftinét 
fpecies, it may with fome propriety be afked, where is the ne- 
ceflity of adducing further proof on the fubject? The neceflity will 
appear evident, when we confider, that as the Syftema Naturæ 
and Fauna Suecica of Linneus, and Syft. Ent. of Fabricius, the 
molt valuable and ufeful fcientific books, agree in uniting them, 
and quote fuch refpectable authority as Reaumur and De Geer; 
and as I am ignorant of any fpecific defcriptions having been 
given, it appears abfolutely neceffary for the young entomologift 
to have them feparated and clearly diftinguifhed; and the more fo, 
as Ernft, in his admirable work, Papillons d'Europe, after having | 
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