PREFACE. 



,.,j of the 'Catalogue of Moths' » the 

 The subject of Vol. i- _ swfriaM, represented m 



classification of the Noctuld aub «-* 136 era . The 



ft. present work by 1222 ape, be n * ^ ^ 



subfanruyisho.nogeneousrna^nce ^^ ^ ^ 



structural M ~ ^ne ^fe and having very dee. 

 a „d Qnadrifid sectrons of tt •» and on lhe other 



affl „ities en the onehana-ne^ 



hand with the A**—. »— ■ » _ ^ ^ 



The Erastrian* are charged ^«jj^ ^ ^ ^ 

 , mld wing is typically nearly h 1> de ^ ^ ^ 



from well above the lower »f»^J^ of tlie discoccllul;, 

 ob so,eseent and then spnngslro^the^^^^ ^ ^ ^ 



the eyes are not harrj, of ofegs abort , a . 



have the first pair or first two I 



c «A tf. the tropical and 

 .„ „ lave extent confined to tin 1 

 The subftumly is to a large ^ j^^ and 



w— *—**T^2.-a none in the Axe*, and 



it has few species in the com 



Alpine zones 



v„„wled-e the usietanoe which 

 sil George Hanrpsen has c «W £ ^ ( , ^ 



he has reeeivea, -***?*£ ,, „,, lean of type. and . 

 b ear ,,er volumes of the Catalogue, ^^ ^ 



.pecimens, ana in other ways. «» 



