FOREWORD. 



MY Publishers have asked me to write what they 

 designate by the grandiose term ' Foreword ' to 

 this modest and altogether popular illustrated 

 account of a few of the commoner Insect Intruders 

 one meets in the Home, in the Garden or out in 

 Camp in this Land of Exile. 



I confess to a feeling of considerable diffidence 

 in carrying out my Publishers' request and yet 

 dare not altogether ignore the task laid upon 

 me. 



I would, therefore, say to my readers in esse 

 that for those who have at times wondered what 

 the queer creatures are who, without our leave, 

 invade our homes at all seasons but more especially 

 in the rains and where they come from, I have 

 written a brief account of a few of the commoner 

 of these unwelcome visitors. 



For those again who love their gardens and 

 have so often to bewail the fate of loved and lost 

 plant darlings, I have, during potterings round 

 the Girl's garden, jotted down a few notes on the 

 pests she anathematises so freely and against which 

 she endeavours to carry on an active campaign. 



Lastly, for the jungle lover, I, who am of the 

 Jungles, have culled, from a fairly extensive 

 aquaintance with the Jungle Insect Folk, some 

 of the commoner forms, and have inscribed a few 

 notes which may prove of interest to him who 

 looks upon his trips to India's Jungles as among 

 the greatest amenities of his Life in the East. 



E. P. S. 



