1903.] E P. Stebbing— Insecta Indica, L 95 



afterwards published in Vols. LIII to LVII (1884 to 1888) of Part II 

 of the Journal. Species represented in the Indian Museum collections 

 are noted. 



(2) A Catalogue of the Moths of India by K. C. Cotes and Colonel 

 Swinhoe. Commenced in 1887, completed in 1889. 



Species represented in the Indian Museum collections are noted. 



(3) Catalogue of the Mantodea by Mr. J. Wood-Mason, Superin- 

 tendent, Indian Museum. Two parts 1889 and 1891. 



(4) Butterflies of India by L. de Niceville, 3 Vols., 1883 to 1890. 

 A fourth Volume is complete in manuscript. No notes have been made as 

 to whether the species enumerated are represented in the Indian Museum 

 collections : but as the Trustees of the Museum purchased the whole of 

 Mr. de Niceville's valuable collection, it is probable that most of the 

 species referred to are in the Museum collections. 



(5) The Moths of British India in the Fauna Series by Sir G. Hamp- 

 son, Bart., Vols. I-IV, 1892-1896. 



(6) The Hyraenoptera of British India in the Fauna Series by 

 Colonel C. Bingham, Vol. I, Bees, Wasps (1897). Vol. II, Ants and 



Ouckoo-Wasps (1903). 



(7) The Rhynchota (Heteroptera) of British India in the Fauna 

 Series by Mr. W. L. Distant, I Vol. only published as yet ( J902). 



The second volume of Distant's Rhynchota and Gahans' volume on 

 the Longicorn Coleoptera will be issued shortly. 



No mention is made in the volumes of the Fauna Series as to whether 

 the species described are present in the Indian Museum collections or 

 not. 



In addition to the above papers, new species are of almost monthly 

 appearance in one or otherof the numerous scientific serials and magazines 

 which record such. These will not be listed here, as few will be obtain- 

 able by the ordinary student in the country. I may mention, however, 

 the constant appearance of important papers in Indian Museum Notes 

 which may be said to hold the position of being the central and chief 

 entomological publishing centre for the Indian Region; the continua- 

 tion of the Moth's of the Fauna Series in the Journal of the Bombay 

 Natural History Society, which has also had some papers on Indian 

 Hymenoptera and Butterflies, and the excellent papers on the Coccida? 

 of the Indian Region by Mr. Ernest Green in Indian Museum Notes. 



It will, however, be evident that a vast amount of work still re- 

 mains to be undertaken. In these papers an attempt will be made to 

 add something to what has already been so successfully commenced. It 

 is not proposed to limit their scope to any one Order, although the 

 Coleoptera will receive considerable attention. In the case of every species 



