﻿PREFACE. 
  

  

  fTHE 
  probability 
  that 
  I 
  might 
  not 
  Hve 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  complete 
  a 
  Fourth 
  

   Volume, 
  and 
  the 
  increasing 
  difficulty 
  in 
  providing 
  a 
  continuous 
  supply 
  of 
  

   new 
  species, 
  have 
  induced 
  me 
  to 
  decide 
  upon 
  discontinuing 
  this 
  Work 
  on 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  the 
  Third 
  Volume. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  Supplement 
  to 
  those 
  valuable 
  Publications 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson, 
  

   "Exotic 
  Butterflies" 
  and 
  "Diurnal 
  Lepidoptera," 
  I 
  venture 
  to 
  hope 
  that 
  

   " 
  Ehopalocera 
  Exotica 
  " 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  equally 
  interesting 
  and 
  valuable. 
  

  

  About 
  seven 
  hundred 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  figured 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  " 
  Ehopa- 
  

   locera 
  Exotica," 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  proportion 
  are 
  new 
  to 
  science, 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  being 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson, 
  Mr. 
  Bates, 
  Dr. 
  Butler, 
  

   Dr. 
  Staudinger 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  others, 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  previously 
  been 
  figured. 
  

   In 
  many 
  cases 
  figures 
  of 
  the 
  uppersides 
  of 
  both 
  sexes, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  under- 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  or 
  female, 
  have 
  been 
  supplied. 
  

  

  The 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  African 
  and 
  Oriental 
  Lijciculda' 
  which 
  are 
  described 
  and 
  

   figured 
  will, 
  I 
  trust, 
  be 
  a 
  valuable 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  these 
  

   beautiful 
  groups. 
  Descriptions 
  alone 
  without 
  accompanying 
  Figures 
  would, 
  in 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  be 
  quite 
  inadequate 
  to 
  identify 
  them 
  satisfactorily. 
  

  

  My 
  best 
  thanks 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  my 
  friend 
  the 
  Hon. 
  AValter 
  Eothschild 
  and 
  to 
  

   Dr. 
  Jordan 
  for 
  the 
  loan 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  line 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Tring 
  Museum, 
  which 
  

   are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  book, 
  and 
  for 
  valuable 
  information. 
  

  

  I 
  also 
  have 
  to 
  thank 
  Mr. 
  Kirby 
  (who 
  was 
  associated 
  with 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  two 
  Volumes), 
  Dr. 
  Butler 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Heron, 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  for 
  the 
  assistance 
  they 
  have 
  given 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  I 
  must 
  not 
  omit 
  to 
  place 
  on 
  record 
  my 
  high 
  appreciation 
  of 
  

   the 
  accuracy 
  of 
  the 
  Figures 
  and 
  the 
  delicacy 
  of 
  the 
  colouring 
  of 
  the 
  Plates 
  

   drawn 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Horace 
  Knight, 
  which 
  comprise 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  

   Plates 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  Volume. 
  The 
  beauty 
  

   of 
  his 
  Figures 
  has 
  largely 
  contributed 
  to 
  the 
  attractiveness 
  of 
  the 
  book. 
  

  

  H. 
  G. 
  GE0SE-8MITH. 
  

  

  5, 
  Bkyanston 
  Square, 
  

  

  Hyde 
  Pake, 
  London. 
  

   July, 
  1902. 
  

  

  