PREFACE. 



The present volume contains the 

 histories of twenty-four species 

 of the genus Gelechia. 



As the next volume will also 

 be devoted to species of that 

 genus, I have deferred to that 

 volume the " General Observa- 

 tions on the Genus Gelechia/' so 

 as to make those observations as 

 complete as possible up to the 

 latest possible date. 



Some of the larvae figured in 

 the present volume were drawn 

 by the late Mr. Wing; others by 

 Mr. Scott, Mr. Buckler and 

 Mr. Robinson — those done most 

 recently are from the pencil of 

 Miss Wing. 



The perfect insects have been 

 drawn and the plates engraved 

 by Mr, Robinson. 



The next volume will complete 

 the First Series of Ten volumes of 

 the Natural History of the Tineina. 



MOINTSFIELD, LewISHAM, 



Ma7cli 3\st, 1865. 



PREFACE. 



Ce volume contient les histoires 

 de vingt-quatre especes du genre 

 Gelechia. 



Puisque le volume suivant sera 

 aussi consacre aux especes de ce 

 genre, je garde en reserve pour 

 lui les " Observations Generales 

 sur le Genre Gelechia," afin que 

 ces observations soient aussi com- 

 pletes que possible au dernier 

 moment de les imprimer. 



Quelques-unes des chenilles 

 figurees dans ce volume-ci furent 

 dessinees par le feu M. Wing; 

 d'autres par M. Scott, M. Buckler 

 et M. Robinson — celles faites plus 

 dernierement sont par Mademoi- 

 selle Wing. 



Les papillons ont ete dessines 

 et les planches gravees par M. 

 Robinson. 



Le prochain volume finira la 

 premiere serie de Dix volumes de 

 I'Histoire Naturelle des Tineina. 



H. T. STAINTON 



