PREFACE. 



This Catalogue gives a description of all the genera and species of 

 Hispid^ known to exist in different Collections. 



B.M. in the margin indicates those in the British Museum Col- 

 lection ; and the absence of these letters shows the species which 

 are desiderata, and therefore desirable to be procured. 



The Second Part, completing the Catalogue, is in hand, and will 

 shortly appear. 



JOHN EDWARD GRAY. 



British Museum. 

 1st November, 1858. 



