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PREFACE. 



in which he gave that permission. I am also greatly indebted 

 to Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, Mr. C. J. Gahan, and Mr. Gilbert 

 J. Arrow for much assistance at the British Museum, to 

 Professor E. B. Poult ou for the loan of insects from the 

 Oxford Museum (Hope Department), to Mr. H. E. Andrewes, 

 Mr. H. Leslie Andrewes and the late Mr. B. G. Nevinson 

 for sending me many valuable species for inspection and 

 figuring, and to Mr. N. Annandale for the loan of Cicin- 

 delid^e from the Calcutta Museum. I must also thank 

 Herr Wassmann for help with regard to several of the 

 Paussid^, M. A. Lameere for kindly sending me a copy of 

 his Classification, and Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall, Mr. G. C. 

 Champion, Mr. C. W. Woodworth, and others for assistance 

 on various points. I would further express my obligations 

 to the Council of the Entomological Society of London for 

 allowing me to make use of two illustrations from their 

 Transactions. 



The illustrations of the different species of beetles are in 

 nearly all cases original; the structural and larval figures 

 are from various sources, all of which are acknowledged in 

 the text. The perfect insects figured in the Introduction 

 are almost without exception found in the Indian Region ; 

 in one way this is, of course, an advantage, but in another 

 the observance of the rule has in some cases prevented 

 really typical species of the families from being represented. 



January 1st, 1912. 



W. W. FOWLER. 



