Back in 1964, when Heslop, Hyde and Stockley collaborated on their celebrated volume, one wonders whether they realised the extent to which it would serve to fuel and sustain similar obsessions for generations to come.

Now, some forty four years later, there exists a large body of new self-published and unpublished work building on the efforts of these earlier writers.

The economics of publishing this work as a bound volume are prohibitive, but this site aims to give the Emperor's loyal subjects an opportunity to share their observations in a spirit of friendly co-operation.

We do so in the interests of the Emperor himself, that we may better know his ways and desires, following the tradition of H, H and S.

We're sure they would have approved.

DL and MO

And the good news is - a number of people are finding their way to the site via UK Butterflies. Many thanks to Peter Eeles, and if you found your way here from a different direction, do visit the wonderful site at

www.ukbutterflies.co.uk