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T'HE present Volume of the " Rhopalocera Exotica" is now complete, and 

 the Authors confidently anticipate that its contents will not he fomid in 

 any respect inferior to those of their first Volume. Nearly two hundred and 

 fifty species are figm-ed, chiefly from the Collection of Mr. H. Grose Smith, 

 though some are from the Collections of the Hon. W. Eothschild, Dr. 

 Staudiuger, and others, to whom we offer our best thanks for the loan of their 

 valuable specimens. The authorities of the British ]\Iuseum have also been so 

 good as to lend specimens from the Hewitson Collection. 



As before, special attention has been paid to the family LijCfsnUlts, the 

 series of illustrations of African Lijcanidts having been continued, and another 

 series of some of the most beautiful Oriental species commenced. 



The Authors have now to announce a small alteration in the scheme of 

 the next Volume. Instead of issuing a Part containing three Plates Quarterly, 

 Parts will in future be issued at such intervals as may be foimd most convenient, 

 and the number of Plates may likewise vary. The price of each Part will be 

 regulated according to the number of Plates which it may happen to contain, 

 at the same rate per Plate as the Parts already published. 



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H. GEOSE SmTH, 

 W. F. KIEBY. 



London, 

 April, 1897. 



