BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1^1 



I became intimate with the late Mr. H. W. Bates after his 

 return from the Amazons, and the sight of his working lists of 

 the various famiHes of Butterflies suggested to my mind the first 

 idea of my " Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera^' 

 which I shortly afterwards had an opportunity of preparing, 

 after my removal to Dublin. It was published in 187 1, and 

 the Supplement in 1877, and forms a complete index to the 

 literature of the subject up to the latter date. (Cf. vol. i. p. 7). 



I have, in the previous volumes, already spoken at sufficient 

 length of the important works of Staudinger, Schatz, and Rober, 

 on Exotic Butterflies. 



Works on separate families of Butterflies — 



Nyf/phalidce — Satyrime. 



In 1868, Dr. A. G. Butler published a " Catalogue of 

 Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Family Satyrida. in the Collection 

 of the British Museum," describing a number of new s^Decies 

 and varieties, and illustrated with five plates. 



Ly etc 71 idee. 



Not content with his " Exotic Butterflies," Hewitson pro- 

 posed an illustrated Catalogue of Lycanidce to the Trustees of 

 the British Museum; but after the publication of a specimen 

 part, including the genera Ogyris and Amblypodia, they refused 

 to continue it. Upon this, Hewitson decided to continue it 

 in a quarto form, similar to his " Exotic Butterflies," and 

 seven parts of this work had appeared at the time of his 

 death in 1878; and an eighth, which was left practically ready 

 for publication, was issued afterwards. The parts published 

 include most of the genera allied to lliecla {Lyaena and 

 Plebeius and their allies not being touched), and a great 

 number of new species are figured and described, a large 

 proportion of which are Tropical American species. 



