PREFACE. 



The present volume is devoted to the larvae of the 

 Noctuae, containing, however, only the first portion of 

 that group of night-flying Moths. 



It is thought that in two more volumes it will be 

 possible to complete the Noctuae, so far as their larvae 

 have been figured by Mr. Buckler. 



As in the previous volumes, the letters W. B. or 

 J. H. after each description indicate whether written 

 by William Buckler or by John Hellins, and the figures 

 immediately following give the date when the descrip- 

 tion was writteu for publication, the reference that 

 follows being to the volume and page of the ' Ento- 

 mologists' Monthly Magazine,' or to Mr. Buckler's 

 Note Books. 



We are again indebted to Mr. G. 0. Bignell for a 

 list of the parasites bred from the larvae of which the 

 present volume treats. 



H. T. STAINTON. 



MOUNTSFIELD, LEWISHAM ; 



January \1tli, 1891. 



