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arranged Argynnis, rearranged the Holarctic genera of the 

 Nymphalidse. The Elymnianse, Amathusianse, Brassolinsc and 

 MorpMnse were arranged by Mr. Heron, who commenced the 

 same year the revision of the Banainae. 



Very little had been done towards the arrangement of the 

 Moths until 1849 when Mr. J. F. Stephens commenced the 

 arrangement and cataloguing of the British Collection. In L853 

 Mr. H. T. Stainton revised and catalogued the Tineina, and in 

 1855 Messrs. H. T. Stainton and Edwin Shepherd revised the 

 work done by Mr. Stephens. From 1853 to the commencemenl 

 of 1866 Mr. F. Walker was engaged upon the arrangement and 

 cataloguing of the general collection of Moths; and in 1872, the 

 collection having become congested and greatly needing revision, 

 Dr. Butler commenced the rearrangement, but had for a time to 

 give them up in order to devote his time to the rearrangement of 

 the Arachnida, Myriapoda, and part of the Crustacea ; however, 

 he resumed them in 1874, continuing them without assistance 

 until 1890, when Mr. W. Warren was engaged to rearrange the 

 Geometrites and Pyralites, which were completed in 1893. 

 Meanwhile Dr. Butler was arranging the Nockiidse, which were 

 completed in 1893. The Moths were then placed under the 

 charge of Sir G. F. Hampson, who, in 1892, had commeiu-.d a 

 rearrangement with the families Psychidse, Cossidse, Arbelidae, 

 Hepialidde, Uraniadse, Epiplemidse, and Sesiadse ; in 1893 he 

 rearranged the Grambinse and Phycitinse, completing the latter 

 in 1894; in 1895 he arranged the Thyrididse and part of the 

 Pyralidse, completing these, the Orneodidse, Pterophoridw, and 

 commencing the Sphingidse in 1896; in 1897 he completed the 

 Sphingidse and rearranged the sub-families Nolinse and Galeriana : 

 in 1898 he revised and catalogued the Syntomidse, rearranged 

 the Saturniadse, Ceratocampidse, Brahmseidse, Bombycidse, and 

 Brepanidse ; in 1899 he revised and catalogued the Lithosiid 

 group of Arctiadse and rearranged the Cymatophoridse, Notodon- 

 tidse, Lasiocampidse, Chrysopolomidvc, Endromidse, Megalopygidse, 

 Limacodidse, Batardidse, Argyrotypidse, Dalceridde, and Arbelidse : 

 in 1900 he arranged and revised the remainder of the Arctiadw, 

 and the Agaristidse, of which he published a catalogue in 1901 ; 

 he also arranged the Lymantriadse, Hypsidir, Uraniadse ; in 

 1902-3 he wrote a catalogue and rearranged the Noctuid sub- 

 family Agrotinse, and in 1904 the sub-family Hadi ninae. 



