PREFACE. 



THE object of this Nomenclature is to present a Catalogue of 

 the well-established species of each family, with a reference 

 to where they are figured, and a few of the more important 

 synonyma. 



It is intended for the following purposes : 



1. As a List of the Species contained in the Museum 

 collection, with an indication of their origin. 



2. To point out the Desiderata of that collection at the 

 period of publication. 



3. As Labels for the Cabinet. 



This list must only be considered as prefatory to a more 

 complete Catalogue. 



The family of Cleridce is chiefly arranged after the method 

 of the Marquis Spinola in his " Essai Monographique," with 

 additions from the Monograph of Dr. Klug in the Berlin 

 Transactions, and from other subsequent authorities. 



Mr. Adam White has taken every care in the deter- 

 mination of the species and the references to the synonyma 

 and figures. 



JOHN EDWARD GRAY. 



British Museum, 

 June, 1849. 



