I would like to thank the following for their help before, during and after my collecting trips to Belize:

THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOREST DEPARTMENT (CONSERVATION DIVISION), BELIZE - and in particular Marcelo Windsor and Emil Cano (1997/1998 and 1998/99) and Natalie Rosado and Earl Codd (1999/2000) - for issuing collecting and export permits for moth specimens and for much patience and help.

KATE McGREGOR, my trusty 'field assistant'
MALCOLM McGREGOR for moral and physical sustenance and getting us to the airport on time.
FYFFES Plc, and especially Capts. BRIAN WILLIAMS and BARRY PREECE for help with free transport of equipment to Belize.
DAVID LODER and MARTIN RIVERS of MMD shipping agency for help with free transport of equipment to Belize in 1998.
THE 'JUBILEE CLIP' company Ltd., for free provision of high quality parts needed for the moth trap.

RAY, VICKI, CARA and JAKE SNADDON of Pook's Hill Jungle Lodge for permission to collect moths at Pook's Hill, for provision of accommodation and for general help and encouragement.
ROXY, BETTY and MICKEY CURRY of the 'XCAPE' Maya Beach, Placencia, for permission to collect moths at the Xcape, for provision of accommodation and for general help and encouragement.
JUDY and KEN DU PLOOY of Du Plooy's Jungle Lodge, San Ignacio for permission to collect moths at Du Plooy's Jungle Lodge, for provision of accommodation and for general help and encouragement.
PAT LA FOLLETTE of Wilson's Landing, Toledo, for provision of accommodation and much moral support. Also JACK NIGHTINGALE for moral support and useful discussions.
CHRIS MINTY and CHAPAL and CELIA BOL of the Natural History Museum, London, for organising our stay at Las Cuevas field station and for much help, encouragement and hospitality.
MARK and MONIQUE HOWELLS of Lamanai Jungle Lodge for permission to collect moths at Lamanai, for provision of accommodation and for general help and encouragement.
JAN MEERMAN and TINEKE BOOMSMA of Tropical Forest Studies for provision of accommodation and for permission to collect moths at Greenhills Butterfly Farm and for general help and encouragement.
PROGRAMME FOR BELIZE and in particular ANITA GLADDEN, tourism development officer , and LUIS ZAIDEN of La Milpa field studies centre for provision of accommodation and permitting collection of moths at La Milpa field studies centre, and for the preparation of the necessary paperwork.
RAY and ELSIE HARBERD for permission to collect moths at Fallen Stones Butterfly Ranch, for provision of accommodation and for general help.
THE CHIEF FOREST GUARD and all of the staff at Augustine Forestry Camp for the great care they took in preparing the No. 1 Resthouse at Augustine for our two stays there.
DONAL and CAROLINE PIERSE of Maya Beach, Placencia, for general help and hospitality. PAUL and TERRI STEVENSON, formerly of San Ignacio, for general help and hospitality.
KEN KRATZER and ERNIE and MIKE WAGNER of Homestead Acres, San Ignacio for supplying a range of vehicles, keeping them going and for general help.
DR. BARRY FOX, for general help and collecting companionship.

I would also like to thank the following for their invaluable help during the preparation of these catalogues:

STELLA BRECKNELL, Hope Librarian, University of Oxford, for help with obtaining many references.
PAT HAYNES, London, for much help with the identification of Belizean Arctiidae.
NORMAN HALL, Reading, for much help with the identification of Belizean moths in all families.
CLAUDE HERBULOT, Paris, for access to his marvellous collection of world Geometridae and for much help with identifications of Geometridae.
COUNT HERVE DE TOULGOET, Paris, for much help with identification of Arctiidae.
BERNARD and JEANNE LALANNE-CASSOU, INRA Paris, for much help with identification of Noctuidae and for accommodation and hospitality in Paris.
DR. PAUL THIACOURT, Paris, for much help with identification of Notodontidae.
DR. JOEL MINET, Musée d"Histoire Naturelle, Paris, for access to the French national collections in Paris and for help with family determinations.
CLIVE COWEN of Micro-Instruments Ltd. Long Hanborough, for help with the design and building of the digital macro-photographic rig for adults and genitalia.
DORY OWEN, USA, whose cyber-help was invaluable in the remodelling of the website to accommodate 'Thumbnails'.