PREFACE. 
I am indebted to Mons. H. Jekel for the descriptions of 
Curculionidse in the following pages, which form a continuation 
of the ‘ Insecta Saundersiana.’ My original plan has been slightly 
departed from, by allowing the Author to introduce the charac¬ 
ters of a few species not in my collection, chiefly with a view 
of bringing nearly allied species together: these are clearly 
designated in the text by an asterisk prefixed. * 
W. WILSON SAUNDERS. 
East Hill , Wandsworth, 
Jan. 30 th, 1855. 
