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Lewin (W.). ' On some Rare British Iusects (Lepidoptera).' Date 

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Lewin (W.). 'Insects (Lepidoptera) of Great Britain.' Text in 

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Morris (F. 0.). ' History of British Butterflies.' With seventy-one 

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Samouelle (G.). ' Entomological Cabinet.' (1832-1834). — An incom- 

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Stainton (H. T.). ' Insecta Britannica : Lepidoptera Tineina.' Ten 

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Stainton (H. T.). ' Manual of British Butterflies and Moths.' Two 

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Stainton (H. T.). ' The Natural History of the Tineina.' Thirteen 

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Stephens (J. F.). ' Illustrations of British Entomology.' Twelve 

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Stephens (J. F.). ' Systematic Catalogue of British Insects.' (1829). 

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