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PREFACE. 
creased, but, to counterbalance this, the catalogue, 
which is useless as it stands, has been omitted, as 
the publishers hope shortly to issue a new and revised 
catalogue in a separate form. 
The fact that a new edition of the work has been 
called for serves to show that the interest taken in 
British Beetles is considerably on the increase, and it 
is hoped that its re-issue may lead many more to take 
up the study concerning which Mr. Bye in his preface 
says “ that few who have commenced can abandon the 
pleasing labour.” 
The School House, Lincoln, 
July 20 , 1889 . 
W. W. Fowler. 
