158 SPECIES FOUND NEAR BELFAST. 



declare that the senses of insects are like to our 

 senses, or their perceptions similar to those of man. 

 May they not observe differences, nay, contrasts, 

 where, to our eye, all seems uniformity ? May 

 they not, 



" Wliere full instinct is the unerring g^de," 



{Essay on Man, Epistle III.) 



possess means of discrimination of which we can 

 form no idea ? 



This part of the country cannot be considered rich 

 in the variety of its Papilionidse. Besides the white 

 butterflies, which are common everywhere, we have 

 several of different shades of browTi (Hipparchia 

 j^geria, Megcera, Janira, Hyperanthus, and Pamphi- 

 lus); nor do we want the beautiful little copper 

 butterfly (Lyccena Phlcsas). Of the blue, of which 

 there are fifteen species in England, we have only 

 one {Polyommatus Dorylas). Early in spring, the 

 bright wings of the orange-tip butterflies (Mancipium 

 cardamines) are to be seen flitting over the meadows, 

 fresh and bright as the young flowers which bloom 

 on every sunny bank, or the feathery catkins which 

 the wiUow waves above the stream. Their appear- 

 ance inspires " vernal delight and joy," and betokens 

 the near approach of that warmer season, when 



"Ten thousand forms, ten thousand different tribes. 

 People the blaze." 



Thomson'* Summer. 



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