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AUTHOR'S PREFACE. 



The preparation of the present Catalogue has extended over several 

 years, and it has been laid aside frequently in favour of more urgent 

 work; this fact, in conjunction with the wholesale revisions in the 

 classification of the Culicidae, rendered necessary in its progress by the 

 publication of numerous papers by various authors, and the large 

 number of additions and alterations in Cecidomyidae, Chironomidae 

 and Tipulidae combining to render the task one of considerable diffi- 

 culty. 



It follows that omissions and inaccuracies must have occurred, 

 and, as a matter of fact, they are continually coming to light. The 

 catalogue is not made up to any particular date, all available names 

 being incorporated up to about the middle of 1919, but the printing 

 has been a matter of many months and it has therefore been impossible 

 to include, even in die " Errata and Addenda," the very latest acces- 

 sions to the Oriental Fauna. The Author trusts that these facts may 

 be taken into consideration. Readers will very greatly assist him by 

 notifying errors as they are discovered. 



E. Brunetti. 



Calcutta, May bth, 1920. 



