PREFACE. 



This Fifth Volume of the " Na- 

 tural History of the Tineina" 

 contains twenty-four species of 

 the genus Coleophora; making 

 with those in our previous Volume 

 forty-eight species of that genus 

 of which the transformations are 

 given in detail. 



A few of the drawings of the 

 larvae were made by the late Mr. 

 Wing, others by Mr. Scott, Mr. 

 Buckler and Mr. Robinson. The 

 drawings of the perfect insects 

 were made by the last named 

 artist, and the plates have been 

 engraved by him. 



For the next volume we have 

 prepared the histories of twenty- 

 four species of the genus De- 

 PRESSARiA; for Volume VII. we 

 have in contemplation twelve of 

 the genus BuccuLATRix and twelve 

 more of the genus Nepticula. 

 For the volume after that we 



PREFACE. 



Ce volume, le cinqui^me, de 

 r " Histoire Naturelle desTineina," 

 contient vingt-quatre especes du 

 genre Coleophora. Or puisque 

 dans le volume precedent nous 

 avons deja esquisse les histoires 

 d'autant d'esp^ces, voila quarante- 

 huit especes de ce genre dont les 

 transformations sont detaillees. 



Quelques - unes des chenilles 

 ont ete dessinees par feu M. 

 Wing, d'autres par MM. Scott, 

 Buckler et Robinson. Les des- 

 sins des papillons ont ete faits 

 par ce dernier artiste, qui a de 

 plus grave les planches. 



Pour le volume suivant nous 

 avons prepare les histoires de 

 vingt-quatre especes du genre 

 Depressaria; pour le Septi^rae 

 Tome nous pensons donner douze 

 especes du genre Bucculatrix 

 et une autre douzaine d'espcices de 

 Nepticula. Et pour le Huiti^me 



