iv 1' H E F A V K. 



J-or/l(uli(l(V ; jiiid tlic collections rormctl by ilio collectors 

 nltju'lunl to scientific expeditions to Christmas Island, the 

 Hawaiian Islands, Soeotra, and the West Indies (especially 

 i^t. ^'il)ccnt and CJrcnada), and di-sciibed in the Reports 

 puMishcd relative to thos(> exp(Mlitions. 



The jiresont volume includes five families oi" Ortho])tcra, 

 and it is expected that the remaining three will be completed 

 ill one (or at most two) more volumes. 



The pattern adopted for this Catalogue has been that of 

 i\li-. Kirby's unofficial 'Catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata,' 

 l.ublished in 1890. 



Special thaidcs are due to Prof. E. B. Poulton for allowing 

 the types of BlattUlw described by Walker from the collection 

 of the late W. W. Saunders, and now in the Hope Museum at 

 Oxford, to be compared with the British Museum Collection, 

 which has made it possible to determine at least the generic 

 position of nearly the whole of Walker's Blattidee. 



Mr. Kirby also wishes to thank Messrs. Bolivar, Bruner, 

 Burr, Caudell, and Rehn for early copies of their papers, some 

 of which might otherwise not have reached him in time to be 

 quoted in this volume. 



British Museum (Natural Histoey), 

 London, S.W. 

 November 7tli, 1904. 



E. RAY LANKESTER, 



Director. 



