IV PREFACE. 



meantime, to allow the reader to follow the technical terms 

 used in the descriptions of these insects, diagrammatic illus- 

 trations of the parts of beetles belonging to the group here 

 dealt with, and explanations thereof, are subjoined below. 



I may add that Vol. II. of the Butterflies, the MS. of 

 which is nearly completed, will follow this present volume. 



C. T. BINGHAM. 



October 1906. 



