EDITORIAL. 



The first volume of this journal is now complete with the exception of 

 the Index, which will follow at an early date. The first part was issued 

 in 1921, and up to the present no adequate response has been received 

 by way of subscriptions, though a large number of periodicals are 

 exchanged. The cost of producing this journal is very heavy, and we 

 appeal for more subscribers. 



The recognized mediums for the publication of entomological papers 

 have all as much copy as they can very well deal with, so that our own 

 journal relieves the congestion to some extent. We have even more 

 copy than we can afford to publish at one time, and must spread it out 

 over a longer period. 



The present number contains a paper by Monsieur F. Le Cerf 

 on the "African Papilios in the Hill Museum." His views on the 

 classification of this group are given here for the first time. We hope 

 that the author will contribute to Vol. II a paper on the " Aegeriidae in 

 the Hill Museum," on which group he is so well qualified to write. 



The studies on " Noctuidae and Geometridae," by Miss A. E. Prout 

 and Louis B. Prout, will prove of great value to all workers in these 

 groups. Miss Prout is making a special study of the Noctuidae, and a 

 series of further papers will follow in due course. 



Professor A. J. T. Janse, who is specializing on the Pyralidae of 

 the world, has given his reports on the species of this group collected in 

 Africa and Ceram by Mr. Joicey's collectors. Further reports are to 

 follow. 



The Catalogue of Hainan Lepidoptera is to be continued in Vol. II, 

 and it will be made as complete as possible. 



The rich collections of moths made by the brothers Pratt in 

 Sumatra, etc., and by Mr. T. A. Barns in Africa, contain many more 

 novelties than we can find space for at present. Further reports on 

 these will be given in Vol. II. At the present time Mr. Barns is making 

 very interesting collections in the Kivu and Congo regions. 



The map of Hainan is reproduced by kind permission of the 

 Inspector-General of Chinese Customs. 



