VI PREFACE. 



of the fore wing absent and the median nervure of the 

 hind wing pectinate above: from these again spring the 

 Anerastiin<s, with the proboscis absent : 



The Schcenobiince, with the proboscis absent : 

 And the Crambince, with the median nervure of the hind 

 wing pectinate above, and the maxillary palpi triangularly 

 dilated with scales ; from this subfamily were developed the 

 Gatteriince, with the maxillary palpi filiform or very slightly 

 dilated. (See Phylogeny, p. 1.) 



The Appendix contains the additions made to the list of 

 Indian species since the volumes dealing with the families 

 to which they belong were published, and is complete up to 

 date, with the exception of a few species of Geometrid® and 

 Pyralida described by Mr. Warren, in the ' Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History ' and the ' Novitates Zoologicse/ 

 too late to be included : these will be dealt with in the first 

 of a series of supplementary papers which I hope to publish 

 annually in the Proceedings of one of the Scientific Societies, 

 so as to keep pace with the development of the subject. 

 There will also be found in the Appendix a number of 

 corrections which I have been enabled to make whilst 

 working at the fresh material sent to me from time to time. 

 All criticisms published or made to me personally have 

 been carefully considered, and where acceptable the altera- 

 tions suggested are adopted. I have also corrected, where 

 necessary, the position assigned to species described by 

 Mr. Moore in the Atkinson collection, as, by the kindness 

 of Dr. Staudinger, I have had the opportunity of seeing 

 the types of the species with which I was unacquainted, 

 and there now remain but very few described Indian species 

 which I have not examined. 



The publication of the present volume brings to a con- 

 clusion the whole of the original scheme for the work on 

 Indian Moths, with the addition of the Pyralid subfamilies 

 Galleriince, Crambince, Schcenobiince, Anerastiince, and Phy- 

 citince, leaving only the Tortrices, Tineas, and Plumes for 

 future study. 



