INTRODUCTORY EDITORIAL NOTE 



I TAKE it that this little " Peep at Nature," needs 

 no apology ; the exquisite coloured plates, produced 

 direct from natural butterflies by the three-colour pro- 

 cess, are a sufficient justification of its appearance. 



The author is a practical entomologist of many years' 

 standing. He writes from the fulness of a rich experi- 

 ence in the fields. He justly advocates the " Paisley " 

 method of setting insects. I know it to be the more 

 expeditious, and less calculated to damage specimens, 

 than the ordinary process. His notes on the preserva- 

 tion of larvae will be welcome in many quarters. 



The publishers desire me to express their indebted- 

 ness to Messrs. Watkins and Doncaster, 36, Strand, 

 W.C., for kindly arranging and lending the specimens 

 from which the coloured plates have been produced. 



CHARLES A. HALL. 



