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rarities or immigrants were fewer than this, some valuable paratypes were more. About 

 900 species and subspecies, forming some 90% of the Swedish total, are represented. 

 I have never counted up the number of specimens, but it must be between three and 

 four thousand. As very little of this was withdrawn from the donor's main collection, 

 most of it being specially prepared and set for the purpose from reserve and ncwh 

 collected material, members can be in no doubt of the generosity and time-consuming 

 effort involved. 



The Society has in its library a major work on the Lepidoptera of Sweden: Svenska 

 Fjarilar by Nordstrom, Wahlgren, Tullgren and Ljungdahl, published in Stockholm 

 in 1941. This large, beautifully illustrated volume was invaluable in coming to terms 

 with the significant number of species in the consignments which were not to be found 

 in the normally accessible reference works in Britain. Inevitably, there were problems 

 with the nomenclature. That in the three useful handbooks by Bertil Gullander (1971) 

 which I acquired was frequently at variance with the revised Kloet and Hincks 

 Checklist of 1972. But it was from the outset seen to be very desirable to produce 

 a catalogue of the collection, and the full catalogue which eventually came into 

 existence in 1982 was based on the best information to be held at the time. The label 

 list of Bradley and Fletcher, which has been widely accepted since its appearance in 

 1979, was not available when curation of the collection began in earnest in 1978. The 

 excellent label list published by T. W. Harman, being in conformity with Kloet and 

 Hincks, was adopted for the first drawers and, rightly or wrongly, was continued 

 for the remainder. Recognizing the rapid establishment of the Bradley and Fletcher 

 list as the norm, the 1982 catalogue included the serial numbers of both lists. 



Further material was added to the collection in 1984 and 1985, often the results 

 of expeditions to remote parts of Scandinavia to collect species previously not 

 represented. The enforced removal from South Audley Street led to the whole 

 collection coming again under my roof, affording the opportunity to update the 

 nomenclature, fill in gaps and add more new species. The catalogue is in course of 

 revision to include these additions and the changes made necessary by the six (at least i 

 major works on the Lepidoptera of Scandinavia which have appeared since the 

 catalogue was written in 1982. 



The data labels are a notable feature of the collection, being fully visible and of 

 uniform presentation. Sweden, the country of origin of most of the material, is di\ ided 

 into 29 Lapp-districts and Provinces. Line 1 of each data label gives the standard 

 abbreviation for the province (or county), line 2 the location, line 3 the date. Long 

 (38-mm) continental pins are used throughout, so that all the information may be 

 read without removing the specimen. Some of the material is from such outstanding 

 areas of Norway as the Dovrefjell and the Jutonheimen, indicated on the labels by 

 'NO', the abbreviation for the Norwegian Nordland. The collection has been designed 

 to have visual appeal, with fresh, unfaded material meticulously set, presenting a 

 user-friendly introduction to a lepidopterous fauna largely drawn from the land of 

 Linnaeus. 



The list which follows is not the complete catalogue, copies of which may be 

 had on loan from the Curator at the Pelham-Clinton Building, Dinton Pastures. 

 It is a selection to highlight those species which are normally not to be found 

 in the Society's other collections, and takes note of the changes in nomenclature. 

 Where the genus has changed, the earlier generic name is given in brackets; where 

 the specific name, or sometimes the whole name, has changed, the earlier usage 

 is given as synonymy. Even the most cursory examination of the list will confirm 

 that here, for perhaps the first time in Britain, is displayed in one fully accessible 

 collection the remarkable diversity of species and forms inhabiting the highest 



