PREFACE. 



This Third Volume of the " Na- 

 tural History of the Tineina" ap- 

 pears within twelve months of its 

 predecessor, and contains twenty- 

 one species of the genus Ela- 

 CHiSTA (a genus of which the 

 study has made such gigantic 

 strides within the last few years), 

 and three species of the genus 

 TiscHEKiA, interesting from the 

 very singular form of the larva. 



Some of the drawings of the 

 larvse w^ere made by the late Mr. 

 Wing, otliers by Mr. Scott and 

 a few by Mr. Robinson, by whom 

 the drawings of all the perfect in- 

 sects have been made, — by whom 

 also the Plates have been en- 

 graved. 



During the past year the pro- 

 gress made in the investigation of 

 the Natural History of the genus 

 CoLEOPHORA has been so great, 

 that there will, apparently, be no 

 difficulty in filling the next two 

 volumes exclusivelv with that 



PREFACE. 



Ce troisieme volume de " L'His- 

 toire Naturelle des Tineina" par ait 

 avant qu'une annee entiere soit 

 ecoulee depuis la publication du 

 deuxieme volume ; il contient 

 vingt-une especes du genre Ela- 

 CHiSTA (genre dont I'etude a 

 dernierement fait des progres si 

 rapides), et trois especes du genre 

 TiscHERTA, genre intcressant par 

 la forme singuliere de ses che- 

 nilles. 



Quelques-unes de ces chenilles 

 ont ete dessinees par feu M.Wing, 

 d'autres par M. Scott, et deux ou 

 trois par M. Robinson ; ce dernier 

 artiste a aussi dessine tons les 

 papillons, et de plus il a grave les 

 Planches. 



Dans I'annee passee I'etude de 

 I'histoire naturelle du genre Co- 

 LEOPHORA a ete tellement poussee, 

 que nous pourrions facilement 

 publier de suite deux volumes de 

 ce genre, en donnant I'histoire na- 

 turelle de quarante-huit especes. 



