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PREFACE 



The object of the present Catalogue has been to give 

 a complete list of all the genera and species of Curcidionidm, 

 knovm. to inhabit the British Islands. 



The lettei-s B. M. on the margin denote the species now 

 contained in the British Museum, and the absence of these 

 letters indicate the species which are desiderata, and there- 

 fore desu'able to be procured for the collection. 



JOHN EDWARD GRAY. 



British Museum, 



Sept. XOth, 1856. 



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