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at Dresden, the only large Indian collection which has not been 

 available for reference. The disadvantage caused by want of 

 access to Mr. Atkinson's Collection has, however, been greatly 

 diminished by the co-types and drawings belonging to Mr. F. 

 Moore, who originally described the collection, being placed 

 freely at my disposal, and by the fact that Mr. H. Gr. Elwes 

 spent a fortnight at Dresden comparing his magnificent 

 Sikhim Collection with the types there, and making numerous 

 notes, of which I have been allowed the fullest use. I have 

 also examined the more recent collections made in that 

 district by the late Otto Moller and by Messrs. Elwes and 

 Knyvett, which are now described for the first time. 



Of the Moths of the N.W. Himalayas, the fine collections 

 of the Rev. J. H. Hocking and Majors Yerbury and Harford 

 (the last of whom made beautiful drawings of the early stages 

 of many species) give a very good idea : all three collections 

 are now in the British Museum. The collection made by 

 Mr. J. H. Leech in Kashmir has been lent to me for study 

 and description of the new species, and free access has been 

 given to me for purposes of comparison to his unrivalled 

 Japanese and Chinese collections. 



The Moths of Bombay, Poona, and other localities in W. 

 India have been largely worked by Col. C. Swinhoe, who has 

 lent to me any specimens required for study or figuring from 

 his very large Indian Collection, and has also enabled me to 

 compare Walker's types of Moths in the Oxford Museum, 

 which he is now engaged in arranging, with the British Mu- 

 seum collection ; by this comparison numerous valuable facts 

 have been elicited. Of the Moth-fauna of the Nilgiris my 

 own collection gives a fairly complete picture, as, though my 

 collecting did not extend over many years, it was carried on 

 at all the different elevations and on each of the several 

 slopes. 



