THE 



BUTTERFLIES OF JAPAN. 



NOTICE. 



Owing to the lamentable and untimely death of [lie Author on the 17th February, 1888， the pre - 

 P aration foL ' th e pi-ess of the unpublished portion of this Work was undertaken by J AMES BlSSET, F.L.S., 

 his inLinuite friend and business associate. 



Tlie descriptions from No. 30 (Niplianta fusca， Brem. and Gray) to No. 74 (Vanessa burejana 

 Brem.) inclusive, were found in ty[)e, llie iinal proofs of Llie greater part having received the Author's ap- 

 proval. The Nutes on Collecting and Nomenclature (whicli will appear in Part HI.) were also found in 

 type, ready for printing. The remaiiuier of llie text has been completed from the two following sources : 



(1.) rhe Autlioi^s own outline of tlie whole Work, wliicli includes tlie names, synonyms, locali- 

 ties, food plants, and time of appearance, interspersed with notes. * 



(2.) The Autlior's Paper in the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, " A Catalogue of 

 tlie Lepicfo[>tera of Japan," read May, 1883. 



All llie figures clow n to Plate No. 7， inclusive, were found ready for publication, whilst all the 

 original cojoared drawings for Plates Nos. 8， g, and 10， were in the lithographer's hands under contract 

 for execution as speedily as possible. - 



Mr. BlSSET has to thank i\Ir. LoOMTS and Mr. Manley for tlie assistance tliey have kindly 

 afforded liim in preparino- the work for publication. The Ja[)anese translation is the work of Mr. NAMYE, 

 of the Tokyo Educational Museum, to whom Llie Author had entrusted this branch of the Work. 



It is believed that the whole Work is as complete as tlie Author oriirinally intended, although 

 it is feared tliat some valuable infornialion in tlie way of aclditiuns to and modifications of the Notes to 

 the latter portion of the text may have perished with him. 



