PREFACE. 
On his retirement in 1920, Sir George Hampson left behind 
him manuscript for five volumes dealing with the Noctuid sub- 
family Noctuince, in continuation of the Catalogue of the 
Lepidoptera Phalaense in the British Museum, of which thirteen 
volumes and two supplements have so far been published. The 
suspension of publication of the Catalogue of Moths, owing to 
the financial effects of the war, has resulted in a large number of 
manuscript names standing in the British Museum collection for 
some six years, with the obvious risk of these names appearing in 
print without the necessary validating descriptions. It has 
therefore been deemed advisable, without further delay, to publish 
the descriptions of all the new genera and species. With regard 
to the latter, it should be noted that a statement such as “ 5 6 , 
1 $ type ” merely signifies that the type is among the examples 
specified, and does not necessarily imply that it is a female. 
In the selection of the subfamily name, and of the old generic 
names employed in this volume, the author has adhered to the 
views adopted by him in the preparation of his Catalogue. 
The use throughout the Catalogue of the date 1827 for 
Hubner’s * Yerzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge,’ is explained by 
Sir George Hampson in the Entomological News, XXVIII. 
p. 466 (1917) ; the dates of Hubner’s works as determined by 
Sherborn & Prout, will be found in the Annals & Magazine of 
Natural History (8) ix. pp. 175-180 (1912). 
For continued assistance by various specialists, whose help has 
been referred to in the volumes of the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 
Phaltenfe, the author desires to express his acknowledgements. 
CHARLES J. GAHAN, 
Keeper of Entomology. 
British Museum (Natural History), 
April 16th. 1926. 
