PREFACE. 



THE present Catalogue has been prepared with the view of iden- 

 tifying the species of Diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius, 

 by a comparison with the original type specimens, drawings, &c., 

 of referring them to modern genera, and of adding some recent 

 synonyma. 



Fabricius's descriptions are spread over portions of the five fol- 

 lowing works, with their appendices and supplements : 

 Systema Entomologiae. 8vo, 1775. 

 Genera Insectorum. 8vo, 1776. 

 Species Insectorum. 8vo, 1781. 

 Mantissa Insectorum. 8vo, 1787. 

 Entomologia Systematica. 8vo, 1798. 



The British Museum received as a present from the Linnean 

 Society the collection of the late Sir Joseph Banks, which contains 

 the original types from which Fabricius described many species ; the 

 Museum also contains, by purchase at Milne's, Stothard's, and other 

 sales, several specimens which originally formed parts of Mr. Drury's 

 collection and are the types from which Fabricius described other 

 species. 



Fabricius described some hundred species from a series of draw- 

 ings made chiefly from his own collection by the late Mr. Jones of 

 Chelsea, which were much consulted by the old entomologists ; 

 Fabricius always quoted these drawings as Jones's ' Icones.' They 



