viii INTRODUCTION. 



' Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria [and 

 Supplement to the Blattarise] in the Collection of the British 

 Museum' (5 parts, 1869-1871). 



At the conclusion of the work it is proposed to add a Supple- 

 ment including new genera and species published too late for 

 insertion in their proper places in the Catalogue. 



W. F. KIRBY. 



Natural History Museum, 



South Kensington. 



November, 1904. 



N.B. — Species marked with an asterisk in tke Catalogue are represented 

 in the Natural History Museum by one or more specimens, and those of 

 which the Museum possesses the types with a double asterisk ; ||, as usual, 

 denotes a preoccupied name. 



