PREFACE. 
VII 
We need merely yet to exculpate ourselves for the fauna dealt with here having more frequently been 
called ,,African“ than ,,Ethiopian'b This denomination does not agree with the matter dealt with inasmuch 
as in the first instancs the great district north of the Sahara, in spite of its being African, is eliminated, and in 
the second instance since the more southern part of Arabia, particularly the Yemen and Hadramaut still exhibit 
the typical Ethiopian character. But as the endeavours of the Abyssinians of restoring the former name of 
,,Ethiopian District 14 to the country of Habesh, have just lately been resumed, the ambiguity of the name of 
„Ethiopia“ could easily lead to misunderstandings. 
Thus we submit this volume containing 80 plates of African Rhopalocera •— compared with 172 Indian 
and 203 American — to the public, trusting that the honest endeavours of getting over both the anticipated 
and the unforeseen difficulties will also be acknowledged in those cases where this was but little possible, and 
that the editor will be thanked for his placing the elaboration of the material into the must trustworthy hands. 
Darmstadt, April 1925. 
Dr. Adalbert Seitz. 
