INTRODUCTORY NOTE 



It is only possible in a small volume such as this to 

 include a selection from the large array of Butterflies and 

 Moths tenanting our own native land, and whereas 

 the former are fairly well represented here, there are 

 gaps among the Moths which only a more elaborate 

 text-book can supply. Such a series as Mr. Richard 

 South's reliable and useful volumes : " The Moths of 

 the British Isles," may be heartily recommended, to 

 which, and the companion volume on Butterflies, the 

 author of this present book freely acknowledges his 

 indebtedness 



