TO 



THE REVEREND JOHN HELLINS, M,A, 



AND TO 



WILLIAM BUCKLER 



&f)ts Uolumc is respectfully Befotcatctr 



AS A TRIFLING RETURN FOR THE VALUABLE AID ITS AUTHOR HAS 

 RECEIVED FROM THEIR NUMEROUS DESCRIPTIONS OF 



LEPIDOPTEROUS LARV.E 

 WHICH BUT A FEW YEARS AGO WERE UNKNOWN TO US. 



IN ADDITION 



THE AUTHOR TAKES THIS OPPORTUNITY OF AGAIN PUBLICLY THANKING THE 

 LAST-NAMED FOR THB VALUABLE ASSISTANCE HE RENDERED TO 



THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE TINEINA 

 DURING A CRITICAL PERIOD OF ITS EXISTENCE SOMB YEARS AGO 



