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here included may not oceui" within the area now under British 

 rule, but the majority of the forms recorded as Indian have 

 doubtless been obtained from some part of India, Ceylon, or 

 Burma, and it is to be hoped that all these will be rediscovered 

 and the area they inhabit precisely determined. 



The few species of which I have been unable to examine 

 specimens are distinguished by an asterisk prefixed to the serial 

 number, thus *960. 



For material I have had my own large collections, made partly 

 in the North-West Provinces, and during one season in Sikhim, but 

 chiefly during the last twelve years in Burma and Tenasserim. 



I have to thank the Authorities of the British Museum for 

 free access to the rich collections contained in the Natural 

 History Museum at South Kensington. To Dr. P. Magretti, 

 of Milan, Dr. R. Gestro, of the Museo Civico, Genoa, and 

 Mons. E. Andre, of Gray, Haute-Saone, France, my warmest 

 acknowledgments are due for the generous loan of many types 

 and specimens. Above all, however, I am indebted to Mr. G. A. 

 James Bothney, who very generously placed at my disposal the 

 whole of his large and varied collection made during several years' 

 residence in Bengal and the North- West Provinces of India. I 

 have to thank also Miss A. Brook, Col. Yerbury, Mr. F. Moller, 

 Mr. E. E. Green, Mr. W. D. Cumming, Mr. T. A. Hauxwell, 

 Mr. A. Weston, and other friends, for very kindly sending to me 

 collections of Hyraenoptei-a from various parts of India, Burma, 

 and Ceylon. 



