IV PREFACE. 



were formerly kindly lent to the Museum, and Mr. Doubleday named 

 part of the Museum collection from them ; he also made notes, as 

 regards the Papilionida3, in his copy of the ' Species General des 

 Lepidopteres,' now in the possession of Mr. Salvin, who kindly lent 

 it for consultation. Donovan copied many of Jones's drawings ; 

 these copies are now in Hope's collection, under the care of Prof. 

 Westwood, at Oxford ; and Donovan published some of them in his 

 * Insects of India,' China, and the South Seas. 



For several years it was not known what had become of these 

 drawings ; but fortunately Prof. Westwood discovered that they were 

 in the possession of Francis Dawtrey Drewitt, Esq., of Christ's 

 Church College, Oxford, who kindly allowed notes and sketches to 

 be made from them for the use of this Catalogue, thus enabling the 

 Museum specimens to be named from a comparison of the original 

 drawings. 



Fabricius described several species from the Hunterian Collection, 

 which is now in the Museum at Glasgow. Mr. John Gibson, of 

 Glasgow, and Mr. W. F. Kirby, of Dublin, have identified two or 

 three of these species. 



JOHN EDWAKD GEAY. 



December 3rd, 1809. 



