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  Wandering 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  10th 
  and 
  11th 
  volumes 
  cf 
  Barrett's 
  

   " 
  Lepidoptera 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Isles," 
  we 
  pick 
  up 
  far 
  more 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  habits 
  and 
  habitats 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  than 
  we 
  can 
  from 
  

   the 
  other 
  three 
  books, 
  and, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  own 
  experience 
  goes, 
  I 
  have 
  

   found 
  Barrett 
  very 
  accurate 
  in 
  his 
  remarks 
  under 
  these 
  heads. 
  He 
  

   also 
  tells 
  us 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  variation. 
  With 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   exceptions 
  he 
  gives 
  a 
  coloured 
  and 
  enlarged 
  figure 
  or 
  figures 
  of 
  

   every 
  species; 
  like 
  most 
  sets 
  of 
  figures, 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  excellence, 
  some 
  species 
  offering 
  the 
  artist 
  a 
  better 
  subject 
  

   than 
  others. 
  Thej' 
  are 
  however 
  of 
  immense 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  beginner, 
  

   as 
  he 
  gets 
  a 
  good 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   often 
  impossible 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  mental 
  image 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  from 
  even 
  

   the 
  best 
  description, 
  and 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  a 
  mental 
  image 
  of 
  a 
  

   species 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  advantage 
  to 
  a 
  collector 
  when 
  he 
  goes 
  after 
  his 
  

   quarry 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  tune. 
  Broadly 
  speaking 
  then 
  we 
  have 
  Wilkinson 
  

   for 
  history, 
  Meyrick 
  for 
  identification, 
  and 
  Barrett 
  for 
  the 
  habits 
  and 
  

   figures, 
  the 
  three 
  books 
  together 
  form 
  a 
  very 
  fair 
  guide 
  for 
  the 
  

   student 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Tortricina. 
  

  

  These 
  moths 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  suffered 
  unduly 
  from 
  changes 
  

   in 
  their 
  specific 
  names, 
  so 
  that 
  one 
  soon 
  gets 
  accustomed 
  to 
  the 
  

   alterations 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  made. 
  Far 
  otherwise 
  is 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  

   generic 
  names, 
  which 
  are 
  so 
  bewildering 
  that 
  the 
  novice 
  devoutly 
  

   wishes 
  he 
  could 
  do 
  without 
  them 
  altogether. 
  For 
  instance 
  the 
  

   common 
  little 
  hmdnia 
  is 
  sometimes 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  genus, 
  Auchylupera, 
  

   at 
  another 
  place 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  AnajUs, 
  or 
  we 
  find 
  it 
  under 
  P/io.vopteri/x. 
  

   The 
  genus, 
  Cheiniatop/iila, 
  in 
  one 
  work 
  only 
  contains 
  )in.vt.ana, 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  Peroneidae, 
  in 
  another 
  book, 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  only 
  includes 
  

   hyciiiaiia, 
  a 
  quite 
  different 
  insect. 
  Again 
  we 
  find 
  in 
  one 
  author's 
  

   volume 
  the 
  above 
  <-'hei)iuitophila 
  luixtaiia, 
  O.ri/f/rajilia 
  Uterana, 
  Feionea 
  

   cristana, 
  Faraniesia 
  aspersaiia, 
  Cioesia 
  hohiiiana, 
  and 
  Dictyopteryx 
  

   contamiuana, 
  six 
  different 
  genera, 
  and 
  yet 
  these 
  six 
  species 
  1 
  have 
  

   just 
  mentioned 
  are 
  by 
  another 
  author 
  all 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  genus, 
  

   Acalla. 
  These 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  generic 
  names 
  are 
  highly 
  

   perplexing 
  to 
  the 
  beginner, 
  his 
  want 
  of 
  knowledge 
  hindering 
  him 
  

   in 
  arriving 
  at 
  a 
  right 
  solution 
  of 
  the 
  difficulty. 
  After 
  being 
  lost 
  in 
  

   this 
  wilderness 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  J 
  decided 
  to 
  cast 
  my 
  hopes 
  on 
  Meyrick's 
  

   *' 
  Handbook." 
  Firstly, 
  because 
  I 
  had 
  proved 
  its 
  utility 
  when 
  studying 
  

   the 
  Tineina, 
  and 
  secondly, 
  because 
  the 
  genera 
  are 
  well 
  defined 
  

   and 
  one 
  can 
  see 
  why 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  are 
  placed 
  in 
  their 
  

   respective 
  genera. 
  With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  still 
  more 
  thorny 
  

   question 
  of 
  the 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  Tortrices, 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  course 
  far 
  

   too 
  ignorant 
  even 
  to 
  hazard 
  an 
  opinion. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  even 
  know 
  

   all 
  the 
  British 
  species 
  and 
  have 
  not 
  the 
  slightest 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  hotter 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  Still 
  the 
  most 
  ignorant 
  do 
  

   have 
  opinions. 
  Wilkinson 
  brings 
  into 
  one 
  family 
  all 
  those 
  species 
  

   which 
  have 
  costal 
  folds 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  This 
  leads 
  him 
  to 
  place 
  in 
  

   one 
  genus, 
  Hulonota, 
  the 
  species 
  bnimtichiaiia, 
  tetraijunana 
  and 
  

   inopiana, 
  three 
  insects 
  easily 
  separated 
  by 
  their 
  structure. 
  He 
  also 
  

  

  