This section of the book Thyretini of Africa: An Illustrated Catalogue of the Thyretini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Syntominae) of the Afrotropical Region presents a list of abbreviations of institutions. The book is the first comprehensive tool facilitating the identification of thyretines - the unique group of large arctiids restricted almost exclusively to the Afrotropical Region. The 194 currently recognized species are catalogued and illustrated in the book. Information on the original descriptions, type locality and type deposition for each of 333 species-group names are presented. Three genus-group names and seven species-group names are excluded from Thyretini and transferred to other of arctiids. The diagnostic features of each species are presented; short information on early stages, biology and known distribution is also provided.Keywords: Africa; arctiids; Thyretines