PREFACE. vil 



curious condition this objectionable practice will lead Entomology : — 

 every one, almost without exception, of the old names must disappear and 

 hence modern authors will have a broad blank roll of honour upon which 

 to inscribe their names, if they combine to consider all the labours of the 

 last hundred and fifty years as worthless (as has recently been most 

 deplorably done by ^I. I'Abb^ J. J. Kieffer in his maltreatment of the 

 European Proctotrypidae). If justice is to be done to the Founders of 

 our Science, let us take more pains to examine type specimens, and 

 render honour where honour is due. The honour of describing a pre- 

 sumably new insect is certainly small enough ; yet it shows at least some 

 association with Nature, which many of us, like Shelley, regard as an 

 honour indeed. 



In the compilation of this volume I have had the advantage of assis- 

 tance from a great number of most kind correspondents, and it is with 

 considerable pleasure that 1 here render my thanks to Miss E. M. Alder- 

 son, F. C. Adams, R. Adkin, Rev. C. D. Ash, E. A. Atmore, E. R. 

 Bankes, E. G. Bayford, the late A. Beaumont, K. C. Bedwell, G. C. Big- 

 nell, Col. C. T. liingham, Kenneth Blair, Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, A. C. 

 Bowdler, R. C. Bradley, ¥.. Brunetti, Malcolm Burr, E. A. Butler, Rosse 

 and Ruskin Butterfield, Prof. J. W. Carr, Campbell Taylor, Dr. R. T. 

 Cassal, Dr. Chapman, H. J. Charbonnier, Miss E. Chawner, A. J. Chitty, 

 W. M. Christy, W. G. Clutten, E. A. Cockayne, J. W. Cross, G. W. Dale, 

 A. A. Dalglish, C. H. Davies, F. H. Day, W. Duncan, Horace Donis- 

 thorpe, H. M. Edelsten, Stanley PMwards, P>nest A. Elliott, Willoughby 

 Ellis, W. W. Esam, W. Evans, E. A. Fitch, G. E. Frisby, J. G. Gordon, 

 Rev. H. S. Gorham, J. C. Haggart, A. H. Hamm, Selwyn Image, O. E. 

 Janson, Rev. W. F. Johnson, Rev. A. Jourdain, J. H. Keys, J. W. Lucas, 

 A. W. Luff, G. F. Lyle, Dr. MacDougall, J. R. INIalloch, A. H. Martineau, 

 Frank ISIorey, Rev, F. D. Morice, G. W. Mason, J. F. Musham, B. G. 

 Nevinson, E. A. Newbery, Lieut.-Col. Chas. Nurse, F. H. Peachell, Rev. 

 O. Pickard-Cambridge, Albert Piffard, C. J. Pool, G. T. Porritt, P. C. 

 Reid, N. M. Richardson, W. D. Roebuck, A. Roman, Hon. N. C. 

 Rothschild, G. B. Routledge, E. Saunders, E. Shaw, A. Sich, F. W. 

 Sladen, ¥.. G. J. Sparke, R. South, Rev. A. 'I'hornley, B. Tonilin, \V. II. 

 Tuck, H. J. Turner, C. J. Wainwright, J. Waterston, F. J. Whittle, Col. 

 J. W. Yerbur>-. 



The National Collection of Ichncumonidac will probablv be shortly 



rearranged. 



CLAUDE .MOKLKV. 

 Monks* Soham Horsic, Suffolk, 

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