P E E F A C E. 



The subject of Yol. TIL of the 'Catalogue of Moths' is the 

 classification of the very large subfamily Acranyctince, which 

 comprises some 3,000 species belonging to over 300 genera and 

 will occupy three volumes of the Catalogue, The subfamily is 

 characterised by the trifid neuration of *"he hind wing combined with 

 spineless tibise and smooth eyes not surrounded by bristle-like hairs, 

 and it is the least specialised of the subfamilies of the Noctuidce 

 Trifina^. 



Sir George Ilampson has again to thank all those who helped 

 him with the earlier volumes of the Catalogue, for their assistance 

 in various ways in the preparation of the present volume, especially 

 Herr E. Piingeler, of Aachen, and Prof. J. B. Smith, who has again 

 presented many species new to the British Museum Collection and 

 coloured drawings made from types of others ; the authorities 

 of the U.S. National Museum, Washington, for drawings from types 

 and for the loan of types from the Schaus Collection ; and the 

 authorities of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences for 

 drawings from the types in the jSTeumcegen Collection. All these 

 drawings are reproduced and their sources acknowledged in the 

 text. 



The manuscript dealing with the remainder of the subfamily is 

 prepared and ready for press and will be issued in two volumes. It 

 is hoped that these will appear in 1909. 



CHAS. 0. WATERHOUSE. 



British Museum (Natural Historj), 

 November 23rd, 1908. 



