LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 35 



God, that when we study these works in a right spirit we are but reading 

 a portion of His many-leaved book, that which He pronounced six thousand 

 years ago to be very good, and which were placed here, no doubt, for our 

 study. It was in this spirit and with these feelings White pursued his 

 studies; it is in this spirit and with these feelings we would have all to 

 study the works of Nature; and when so studied, we will feel the full 

 force of the inspired Psalmist's exclamation — "0 Lord, how manifold are 

 Thy works! in wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy 

 riches. The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice 

 in His works." 



Our short remarks are made not with a view to act as a guide to a 

 place so well known, for it is not needed; it is meant as a memorial of a 

 happy day spent among the scenes of the parish of Selborne, a place that 

 is, and will continue to be, sacred to every one who cherishes the memory 

 of Gilbert White; and who that has read his interesting History does not? 



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LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA OCCURRING IN THE COUNTY 



OF SUFFOLK. 



BY THE REV. JOSEPH GREENE, M.A., ASSISTED BY THE REV. H. HARPUR CREWE, M.A. 



AND C. R. BREE, ESQ. 



[The portions of these papers contributed by Mr. Crewe and Mr. Bree, are signed with the 

 initials G and B respectively. N.B. at the head of a paragraph signifies that the remarks 

 are made after those of Mr. Greene.] 



( Continued from page 14.) 



20. Phragmatobia lubricepida. — By no means so common as its brother 

 Menthrasti. 



N.B. — In the larva state this insect is more abundant than its congener, 

 Menthrasti. Before they change their last skin it is almost impossible to 

 distinguish the larva? of P. lubricepida and P . fuliginosa, and their food-plants 

 are the same. After its last moult, the larva of the latter insect loses the 

 rather conspicuous, whitish, dorsal stripe, and becomes much more hairy than 

 that of Lubricepida. It moreover hybernates, whilst the other invariably assumes 

 the pupa state in the autumn. (C.) 



21. P. menthrasti. — Most collectors, who have tried light as a method of 

 attracting insects, will agree with me in execrating this species. The protracted 

 period of its appearance in the perfect state, its abundance, its pertinacity in 

 returning to the window after being forcibly ejected, and finally, its blind 

 and warm affection for the candle, combine to render it a perfect nuisance. 

 I. have only met with one variety, a pure white, devoid of markings. I have 



