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procure a tolerably perfect collection ; more especially 

 as the different species found in Teneriffe are but 

 twenty-nine, so far as is at present known, all of which 

 are now described. The author has been fortunate 

 enough to add four of these to the number previously 

 known to exist in the Island. 



The most complete collection of moths which came 

 under notice is in the possession of Dr. Zorolo, of Villa 

 Orotava, and this numbers about seventy species and 

 varieties. Forty-one moths are described out of some 

 fifty which were collected and studied by the author ; 

 and a list of twenty-one others, chiefly small and of 

 little interest to the amateur collector, is appended. 



Almost all the facts and particulars relating to the life 

 history of the Lepidoptera are the result of the personal 

 experience of the author, who is also responsible for 

 the drawings from which the illustrations have been 

 reproduced. 



It is believed that the Lepidoptera of the other six 

 Islands are largely similar to those of Teueriffe. (See 

 Appendix A.) 



