PKEFACE TO PAET II. 



THE second part of "The Handbook of the Destructive 

 Insects of Victoria" has been prepared on the same 

 lines indicated in the preface to Part I. 



It is hoped that this part will prove a welcome 

 addition to the library of the "grower," for whose 

 special benefit the work has, by order of the Victorian 

 Department of Agriculture, been undertaken. Tech- 

 nical terms, as before, are used only where considered 

 absolutely necessary, although, on the suggestion of 

 some entomological friends, the authorities for most of 

 the specific names of the insects figured are here given. 



To those who have offered suggestions I am greatly 

 obliged, and whatever useful information I could obtain, 

 no matter from what source, has been used for the 

 benefit of those for whom the work is intended, and 

 this plan will be continued until the end. 



C. FRENCH. 



Melbourne, 1893. 



