THE 



BUTTERFLIES OF JAPAN. 



NOTICE. 



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

 paration for the press of the unpublished portion of this Work was undertaken by James BlSSET, F.L.S., 

 bis intimate friend and business associate. 



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

 Brem.) inclusive, were found in type, the final proofs of the greater part having received the Author's ap- 

 proval. The Notes on Collecting and Nomenclature (which will appear in Part III.) were also found in 

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



(i.) The Author's own outline of the whole Work, which includes the names, synonyms, locali- 

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



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

 the Lepidoptera of Japan," read May, 1883. 



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

 original coloured drawings for Plates Nos. 8， 9, and 10， were in the lithographer's hands under contract 

 for execution as speedily as possible. 



Mr. BlSSET has to thank Mr. LOOMIS and Mr. Manley for the assistance they have kindly 

 afforded him in preparing the work for publication. The Japanese translation is the work of Mr. NAMYE, 

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



It is believed that the whole Work is as complete as the Autlior originally intended, although 

 it is feared that some valuable in formation in the way of additions to and modifications of the Notes to 

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



