VI 
PREFACE 
from N. S. AVales, and for many otliers gatliered during several visits to Brisbane and the Cainis- 
Kiiranda district; while G. Lyell has supijlied most of those from Victoria, and others collected 
during many autumn visits to Sydney and trips to the Manning River and to Brisbane. 
Some of the illiisti’ations for this work were drawn for us by INIr. A. R. McCulloch; the originals 
of the coloured plates arc from the brush of Mr. II. W. Simmonds; the drawings of larvae and 
pupae are by Miss J. Kong Sing: the bulk of the illustrations are from photographs taken by Mr. 
Henry King of Sydney, and since retouched to produce the originals for the i)rocess engraver. 
Ve trust the book will receive a welcome from all Australian lovers of nature, and give an 
impetus to further investigation of the su])ject. It has no concern with those collections in which 
butterflies are regarded as mei'e curiosities or ornaments. It is written to advance the science of 
entomology, and to aid those who are forming collections for the i)ur 2 )ose of study by themselves 
or by others. If it encourage the study of our Australian butterllies by ensating a wider circle of 
observers, we shall feel amply repaid for our labours. 
BulVs Chambers, Moore Street, Sydney, 
Gisborne, Victoria, 
May, IU14. 
