iv PKEFACE. 



' Illustrations' to the description of tlie types of the new s])ecies, but to add a nominal list of 

 :ill the species contained in the collection. 



It was at first intended that Mr. F. Moore should undertake the examination of this 

 collection ; but as his other engagements would have delayed the publication for some years, 

 this work devolved upon Mr. Butler. However, Mr. Moore had examined and named some 

 of the specimens some time previously and published diagnoses in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society/ 1888, pp. 390-412. In some instances there are discrepancies between 

 that pajjcr and tjie present work as regards the localities at which certain species were 

 obtained. The localities are given here on the authority of Mr. Hocking, who has been kind 

 enough to look over the proof-sheets. 



^^'ith reference to the characteristics of the Lepidopterous Fauua of Kangra, Mr. Butler 

 states that, " with the light thrown upon certain forms by the series of variations secured by 

 .Mr. Hocking, it has been found impossible to keep some of these forms distinct from those 

 of Europe and Japan ; the Lepidoptera of these countries arc, indeed, more numerously 

 represented at Dharmsala than in any other part of India which has been equally well 

 explored." 



ALBERT GiJNTHER, 



Keeper of the Department of Zoolo(jy. 



British Museum, .V. //., January 2'2, 18S9. 



