The Publishers regret that hitherto they have been 

 unable to find an artist capable and willing to undertake 

 the hand-colouring of the flies figured in this book in 

 such perfection as to meet the standard of meticulous 

 accuracy required by the author for the " A UTHOR'S 

 EDITION ." It was originally intended that this 

 should have been published simultaneously with the 

 present hand-coloured edition, and it is hoped that it 

 may still be possible to issue the " A UTHOR'S 

 EDITION " later on. 



