to (listributiou by means of wiuds, especiully by tlie uj>per crurrcnfs, 

 by wliicli they may be carried to very long distances with little exeitiou 

 on their part. Tliis wide distribution results in a very long and seattered 

 list oi relerences for many of the. Indian species ; in the case oi extra» 

 Indian references, these have been restricted to the more inijjortant mws 

 bearing on descriptions, figures, synonymy, bionomics and distvibution,, 

 as the inclusion of every reference in entomological literature to species- 

 couiaiou in Europe and North America would have swollen the list un- 

 duly without adding ti; its usefulness to Indian workers on thiy Eumily^ 



