only is testified by the title of my book ; a drawing-, however, is a gfreat 

 help, and it not only assists in the identification of the species fig^ured, but 

 provides a definite object with which describers may compare new 

 species. 



Of the 416 species figured in this second volume, 375 are drawn 

 from actual type specimens ; 29 are from specimens kindly sent to me by 

 Captain Broun from New Zealand, and are mostly species described by 

 him ; and the remaining twelve are from various sources, but are all from 

 specimens the correct determination of which cannot, I think, be 

 ciuestioned. 



I tender my best thanks to those Entomologists who have placed 

 their specimens at my disposal, particularly to Messrs. H. W. Bates, 

 W. L. Distant, H. Druce, O. Janson, F. Moore, F. P. Pascoe, the Rev. 

 H. S. Gorham, Captain Broun and Miss Sharpe. 



August i6th, i8go. 



