vi PREFACE. 



England in 1868, not only Lis collection was placed in my laands for selection of 

 specimens, but also the wliole of the valuable and unique series of drawings oflarvse, 

 &c., was placed at my disposal for utilization in the present work. Many of these 

 butterflies and moths have been described by me in the "Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society of London" for tbe years 1865, '67, 74, '7S, '79, '83. 



Sir "Walter Elliot — specimens and notes, and especially numerous drawings of 

 larvae, pupge, &c., made mostly at Madras from 1849 to 1857. 



S. Nevill Ward — specimens collected on the Malabar Coast prior to 1863, and in 

 1870 numerous drawings of larvte, pupge, &c., and copious field-notes. 



AV. S. Atkinson — specimens at various times from 1859 till his return to 

 England in 1875, many of which have been described in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., for 

 1865, '67, and 1874. Erom the extensive collection made by him, chiefly in the 

 district of Calcutta, and during repeated visits to Darjiling, placed in my care 

 previous to its disposal in 1875, I was fortunately permitted to compile a complete 

 list of the contents — noting also the localities in which the named species were 

 captured. Subsequently, the whole of the undescribed species of moths have been 

 examined and recorded by me in the "Memorial" work, published by the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal in 1879 to 1888, and also in the Proc. Zool. Society for 1878, 

 '79, and '81. 



A. E. Eussell — numerous specimens from various parts of lower Bengal, and 

 Darjiling; an enumeration of this collection being recorded in Proc. Zool. Society 

 for 1865-67. 



Colonel A. M. Lang — numerous specimens, chiefly of butterflies, and field-notes, 

 made mostly in Oudh, Kashmir, Simla, and neighbouring N.W. districts from 

 1864-68, some of which have been recorded in Proc. Zool. Society from 1865 to 

 1883. 



Capt. T. Button — butterflies and moths from Masuri and neighbourhood, from 

 1861 to 1871. 



Major J. Lind Sherwill — numerous specimens in 1863, collected in the North- 

 Eastern districts of India. 



Capt. H. L. de la Chaumette — notes and descinptions of the metamorphoses of 

 varioxis butterflies and moths observed and reared by him in the district of Lucknow 

 jDrevious to 1863. 



C. Home — many specimens in 1869 from Manpuri district; some of which are 

 recorded in Proc. Zool. Society, 1872, '78, and '81. 



Dr. F. Day — specimens from Madras in 1866, Dekkun in 1859, Nilgiris in 1868, 

 and Simla in 1872. 



