P K E F A C E, 



The subject of the 2nd volume of tlie Catalogue of Le-pidopUra 

 PTialcence is the family Arctiadce, of which 1217 species belonging 

 to the subfamilies Nolinm and Lithosiance are here dealt with, 

 leaving the least specialized subfamily — the Arctlance — to be 

 classified in the 3rd volume. 



I have to thank all those mentioned in the 1st volume who, by 

 the loan of material, have again assisted Sir George Hampson in 

 the preparation of this volume ; also Herr G. Semper, of Altona, 

 for the loan of species described by him in his Lepidoptera of the 

 Philippines ; Dr. J, Y. M. Heylaerts, of Breda, for species described 

 from the Malayan subregion ; Dr. A. J. Turner, of Brisbane, and 

 Oswald Lower, Esq., of Broken Hill, l!^. S. Wales, for species from 

 Australia. I have great pleasure in acknowledging the assistance 

 given to Sir George Hampson's undertaking by the Secretary of 

 State for India, who has granted the use of all the blocks and 

 drawings made in preparing the volumes on Moths in the Fauna of 

 India series ; this loan will materially lessen the cost of each volume 

 of the Catalogue. 



E. RAY LANKESTER, 



Director. 

 British Museum (Natural History), 



January 20, 1900. 



