PREFACE 



I REGRET that it is impossible to thank, individually, 

 everyone who has assisted me in the production of Insects 

 and Man. My indebtedness to various authors, from 

 whose works I have at times freely quoted, is expressed 

 in the bibliography. I am also deeply indebted to those 

 who have so kindly lent illustrations for the book. I wish 

 to thank, especially, the Director of the Imperial Bureau 

 of Entomology for the loan of several blocks ; Professor 

 Wilmon Newell for illustrations relating to the Argentine 

 ant ; the Panama Canal Commission for photographs 

 illustrative of mosquito control ; Dr Sambon for the plate 

 of his mosquito-proof hut ; the Hon. N. C. Rothschild for 

 permission to copy his drawing of the plague flea ; and Dr 

 Britton for the photograph of the wood leopard moth. 

 To Messrs Bailliore, Tindall & Cox, who have kindly allowed 

 me to use eight drawings from Castellani and Chalmers' 

 Manual of Tropical Medicine ; and to Messrs Cassell, who 

 have similarly obliged with drawings from Manson's 

 Tropical Diseases, I tender my hearty thanks. The 

 majority of the figures have been most carefully copied, 

 and in some cases drawn from life, by Hilda Haddock, 

 and her painstaking work will, I believe, add to the in- 

 terest of Insects and Man. Lastly, my thanks are due to 

 my publishers for their never-failing kindness, courtesy, 

 and patience. 



C. A. E. 



LONDON, 1914. 



