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town second to none in Euro))e, it has sunk to a provincial 

 town with barely thirty thousand inhabitants. 



This is not, however, the place to enlarge upon the historical 

 features of bye-gone times; and my endeavour now will be to 

 enumerate, as far as the experience of a single season will 

 allow me, the Lepidopterous insects to be met with in the 

 district. 



The greater part of Lilbeck territory (one hundred and ten 

 square miles in all) consists of forests. These are of two 

 kinds : the pine forests, which consist of large tracts of land 

 planted with the common pine (Pinus sylvestris), interspersed 

 here and there with small clumps of larch, and intersected 

 with rough grassy roads; and secondly, woods, more like 

 those we are accustomed to see in England, composed 

 entirely of deciduous trees, wdlh wide breadths of underwood 

 flourishing beneath them. One misses, however, the gigantic 

 form of the lord of the English forest — the oak, which never 

 attains the size it reaches in England ; but this is in part 

 compensated for by the magnificent lime trees to be found 

 commonly in the neighbourhood, and of dimensions which we 

 never meet with in this country. 



With these few cursory observations I will proceed with 

 my subject; but I would first remark that the list which 

 follows is far from large, and must not be taken by any 

 means as exhaustive of the subject; still, as far as it goes, I 

 think reliance may be placed upon it, as nothing is stated 

 excepting from my own experience, or on authority which I 

 know to be unimpeachable. The Noctuae named are few in 

 number : this is owing to my not having had recourse to 

 sugaring; had I followed out this method, without doubt the 

 number of species would have been considerably augmented. 

 Commencing then with Diurni, the first on the list is — 



Argijnnis Paphia. — Abundant in woods. I had the good 

 fortune to capture a specimen of the dark variety, Valezina: 

 this is far from common. 



A. Aglaia. — Common in grassy openings in the woods ; 

 flying only in hot sunshine. 



A. Niobe. — Local, and in no particular abundance. 



A. Adippe. — Common. 



A. Laihonia. — Common everywhere; quite a garden in- 

 sect ; where met with in woods preferring rough pieces of 



