PREFACE. 
I am indebted to Mons. H. Jekel for the descrip¬ 
tions of Gurculionides 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 characters 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. 
Hill Field, Reigate. 
March, 1860. 
