FREFACE. ?ij 



mass of interesting and original communications from 

 correspondents who, living in wide-spread localities, 

 and possessing varied opportunities of observation, have 

 gradually brought together, under able editorship, a 

 store of facte that could never have come within the 

 personal experience of any one man, however indus- 

 trious and observant 



The capture during the past year of a new and 

 interesting butterfly for the first time in this country, 

 i3 recorded in this volume, in which the insect ia 

 also figured and describe i 



Bayswatkb, April lS3t 



