PREFACE. 
The present volume deals with a portion only of the vast 
number of forms contained in the family Chrysomelidcs as 
defined and characterized by Mr. Jacoby on pages 1, 2 
and 3 of the work. I venture to hope, however, that the 
publication of the book will not only turn the attention 
of Collectors in India to this somewhat neglected but 
important group of Phytophagous Beetles, but prove of 
substantial assistance, enabling them to recognize the forms 
so far as they are recorded in the text and illustrations. 
It is with the deepest regret I have to record the death 
of the Author, Mr. M. Jacoby, while the last proofs of the 
book were passing through the press, so that for the 
explanation of the terms used and also for much assistance 
during the progress of the work I am greatly indebted 
to Mr. C. J. Gab an. 
C. T. BINGHAM. 
London, 
January 1908. 
