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PREFACE 



mutter was laid before them by Mr. B. Ribbentrop, C.I.E., at the time 



Inspector-! M-ii.-ral of Forests, that the first foundations were laid, the 



retary of St. ite sanctioning in 1900 the first appointment, that of the 



Author, of a Forest Entomologist for a period of two years. This post 



was resanetioned in 1904, as a result of the earnest representations of 



Mr. (now Sir) Sainthill Eardley Wilmot, then Inspector-General of Forests, 



1 subsequently merged in 1906 in that of Forest Zoologist in the 



newly created Imperial Forest Research Institute. 



I or the exceptional opportunities afforded me of personally collecting 



so much of the information the book contains during extensive tours 



made throughout the whole of India and Burma, my thanks and 



acknowledgments are due to five successive Inspectors-General of Forests : 



Messrs. B Ribbentrop, C.I.E.; H. Hill, C.I.E. ; R. C. Wroughton ; 



Sir Sainthill Eardley Wilmot, K.C.I.E.; and Mr. F. Beadon Bryant, C.S.I. 



To Sir Sainthill, under whom I had the good fortune to work directly 



during six years, I owe a deep debt for advice and assistance at all times 



cordially given to me. To the direct representations of Mr. Beadon 



Bryant, at the time Inspector-General of Forests, the department owes 



the fact that the sanction of the Government of India was accorded 



to the preparation of the work, and that I was allowed to have free 



access to the collections of the Forest Research Institute at Dehra Dun. 



My acknowledgments are also due to the present Inspector-General of 



Forests, Mr. G. S. Hart, C.I.E. ; to the President of the Institute, 



Mr. L. Mercer, C.I.E.; and to the late Forest Zoologists, Mr. Subramarian 



Iyer and Dr. A. I). Imnis, for the valuable assistance afforded me by the 



ID ui of such specimens, tour notes, and files as were required for the work. 



Allusion has been already made to the great assistance received from 



"Hicers of the department. I would like to express my acknowledgments 



here to the Service throughout, and more especially to Messrs. J. W. 



Oliver, |. H. Lace, C.I.E., 15. B. Osmaston, F. Gleadow, P. M. Lushington, 



iVrree, P. H. Clutterbuck, C. G. Rogers, S. Carr, G. M. Ryan, 



Monro, T. A. llaux\vell, and the late Mr. H. Slade, Conservators 



t.) Messrs. H. G. Billson, R. C. Milward, S. Cox, C. B. Smales, 



O. Coventry, C. E. C. Fischer, C. P. Percival, A. J. 



Gibson, T. Carr, A. 1C. Osrnaston, and the late A. M. Long and J. Messer, 



Deput) Conservators of Forests; and to Bhai Sadhu Singh, Rai Bahadur, 



Pandit Gokal Dass, and Messrs. V. Subramarian Iyer, B. Sen Gupta, Rama 



s'ath Mukerjee, the late Mr. J. P. Gregson, and Messrs. A. M. Littlewood 



and Young, of the Provincial Service. 



From officers in other Services I have received great help at various 



During my work in Baluchistan in 1905 I received the greatest 



\gent to the Governor-General, Mr. A. L. P. 



Tucker, C.I.E.; Lieut-General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien, G.C.B., D.S.O., 



