PREFACE. 



This series (of wliicli the present is the first part) has the same 

 object and scope as the series of ' Illustrations of Typical Specimens 

 of Lepidoptera Heterocera,' viz. to give illustrations, accompanied 

 by diagnoses or short descriptions, of those specimens of Coleoptera 

 in the JBritish Museum from which species have been described in 

 other works, or are described now for the first time. The several 

 parts will be devoted as much as possible to species belonging to 

 the same Family or the same Fauna. 



The descriptions of this first part have been prepared by Mr. C. 

 0. Waterhouse, one of the Senior Assistants in the Department of 

 Zoology. 



ALBERT GUNTHEE, 



Keeper of the Department of Zoology. 



British Museum, 

 November 22, 1879. 



