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Bui'ina by Leonardo Fea containing nearly 200 new sj)ec'ie.s 

 of Weevils described by Faust; of these Dr. K. Gestro has 

 Leon good enough to entrust to me not merely the types of 

 the species T required, but the whole series of specimens in 

 each case. IMr. H. E. Andrewes has greatly assisted my 

 work by ])lacing at my dis])osal a fine collection of Indian 

 Weevils, all named by Faust and comprising numerous 

 co-types. I have also to exjiress my thanks to the following 

 gentlemen for the loans of various types: — Prof. E. B. 

 Poulton, F\R.S., for the Schlinherrian tyj)es from the Hope 

 collection, Oxford ; the late Prof, Dr. Ganglbauer of 

 Vienna, for ty])es of S])ecies described l)y Uedteiibacher from 

 Kashmir; Prof. Kolbe, of the Zoological Museum at Berlin, 

 for some of Herbst's ty})es ; Dr. Taschenberg. of Halle, for 

 types from Germar's colh^ction ; M. Severin and Dr. H. 

 Schouteden, of the Brussels Museum, for types described bv 

 Desbrochers des Loges ; the late M. Desbrochers des Loges. 

 for tv{)es from his own collection; and Di". N. Annandalc, 

 of the Indian ]Museum. for types of various sjiecies described 

 bv Faust and F)esbrochers. 



This work has ])een ]irinci])ally l)ased on the tine series 

 of Indian sjxicics contained in the British IMuseum, and 

 I cannot refrain from ex])ressing mv sincere thanks to 

 Mr. G. J. Arrow, of that Institution, for the courteous 

 assistance which he has always so reatlily afforded me. But 

 a very large stipply of unnamed material has also been 

 received from various correspondents in India and on the 

 (Continent, among whom my special thanks are due to Prof. 

 H, Maxwell Lefroy ; Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, Imperial 

 Entomologist, Pusa ; Mr. F. H. Gravely, Indian Museum, 

 (Jalcuita ; Dr. A. D. Imms ; Mr. (\ F. ('. Beeson, Imperial 

 Forest Zoologist, I)ehra Dun : Mr. E. Ballard, Government 

 ICntomologist, Madras; Mr. E. E. Green, late Govern- 

 ment Entomologist, Ceylon; M. 8everin, of the Brussels 

 Museum ; M. Albert Bovie, of ]3i-us?els : M. Pierre Lesne, of 

 the Paris Museum; and particularly to Mr. H. E. Andrewes, 



