PREFACE. 



This short volume is the first issued of a series that is 

 intended to give a systematic account of the Coleopterous 

 Fauna of British India. 



The present work on the Longicorn Beetles of India was 

 undertakeu some years ago by Mr. C. J. Gahan, whose unique 

 knoAvledge of the group is well known. From a variety of 

 causes^ but chiefly want of leisure, the Author has been 

 unable until now to complete a sufficient portion of the MS. 

 to allow of the publication of even an instalment. This 

 issue, therefore,, is only Part I. of the contemplated volume, 

 and deals solely with the forms arranged under the family 

 Cerambycidse, which according to the latest classification 

 includes the Prionidse. A considerable portion of Part II., 

 which will give an account of the Lamiidse, is already in 

 manuscript ; it is therefore confidently expected that tlie 

 completion of the whole work will not be unduly delayed. 



Other volumes on the Coleoptera of India are in active 

 preparation, and it is intended to include a General Intro- 

 duction to the Order with one of these volumes. In the 



