New and- Iniportard Work on the British Lepicfoptera now in 
course of publication in Parts and Volumes. 
, THE 
LEPI DOPTERA 
OF THE 
BRITISH ISLANDS 
A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILIES, GENERA , AND 
SPECIES INDIGENOUS TO GREAT BRITAIN AND 
IRELAND , THEIR PREPARATORY STATES, 
HABITS, AND LOCALITIES. 
BY 
CHARLES G. BARRETT, F.E.S., 
ONE OF THE EDITORS OF 'MIE “ENTOMOLOGIST’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.’ 
* I TE object of this work is to supply, as far as possible, 
^ complete histories of all the British species, including 
those discovered since the publication of Stainton’s Manual 
more than thirty years ago, by means of accurate descrip¬ 
tions, indications of the points of distinction between those 
most closely allied, remarks upon local races, varieties, and 
aberrations, descriptions of larvae and pupae, notes upon 
food and habits, with as full an account of the histories, 
habits, and localities of the perfect insects as is compatible 
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