''The Fauna of British India'' (short title) with long titles including ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'', and ''The Fauna of British India Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region'' is a series of scientific books that was published by the British government in

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and printed by

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of London. The series was started sometime in 1881 after a letter had been sent to the Secretary of State for India signed by

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, Sir

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and other "eminent men of science" forwarded by P.L.Sclater to R.H. Hobart. W. T. Blanford was appointed editor and began work on the volume on mammals. In the volume on the mammals, Blanford notes: The idea was to cover initially the vertebrates, taking seven volumes, and this was followed by a proposal to cover the invertebrates in about 15 to 20 volumes and projected to cost £11,250 to £15,000. Blanford suggested that restricting it to 14 volumes would make it possible to limit the cost to £10,500. After Blanford's death,

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became the editor. The first series was followed by a second edition of some of the volumes such as the mammals, birds, reptiles and butterflies. In 1922-23,

Nelson Annandale Thomas Nelson Annandale CIE FRSE (15 June 1876, in Edinburgh – 10 April 1924, in Calcutta) was a British zoologist, entomologist, anthropologist, and herpetologist. He was the founding director of the Zoological Survey of India. Life The eld ...

sought to move the process of preparation of the books and its publication to India. The second edition is sometimes called the "new fauna". There were changes incorporated in this that included for instance the usage of trinomials for the birds. Following Shipley's death in 1927, Lieutenant Colonel John Stephenson, formerly of the Indian Medical Service was appointed editor in May 1928. Publication was stopped during the Second World War. After Indian Independence in 1947 a few volumes were published under the new name of Fauna of India but some of the volumes that were under preparation were never published. The 1953 volume on

polychaetes Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made ...

by Pierre Fauvel was published by the Indian Press from Allahabad.

Protozoa

* Bhatia, B. L. (1936
Vol. I Protozoa:Ciliophora
* Bhatia, B. L. (1938
Vol. II Protozoa: Sporozoa

Coelenterata

* Annandale, Nelson (1911
Freshwater sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa
51 p - 48 figs - 5 pl * Burton M (?) Porifera (Not published)

Nematoda, Cestoda, Oligochaeta, Annelida etc.

* Stephenson, J. (1923
Oligochaeta
xxiv + 518 p - 261 figs * Harding, W. A. & John Percy Moore (1927
Hirudinea
xxxviii + 302 p - 63 figs - 8 pl (4 col.) - 1 map * Southwell, T. (1930
Cestoda. Volume 1. Cestodaria, Bucestoda (excl. Taenioidia)
* Southwell, T. (1930
Cestoda. Volume 2. Taenioidia
* Baylis, H. A. (1936
Nematoda. 1. Ascaroidea and Strongyloidea
08 p - 182 figs * Baylis, H. A. (1939
Nematoda. 2. Filarioidea, Dioctophymoidea and Trichinelloidea
74 p - 150 figs * Fauvel, Pierre (1953
Polychaeta
* Bhalerao, DG (?) Trematoda (this was announced but never published)

Crustacea

Although these volumes were sanctioned, they were never published.Sewell, RB Seymour (1953) Preface to the Fauna of India. Polychaeta * Nilsson-Cantell, CA (?) Cirripedia * Chopra BN (?) Brachyura (Oxyrhyncha) * Seymour Sewell, RB (?) Copepoda (Calanoids)

Echinodermata

* Mortensen, Theodor Echinoidea (This was never produced due to the death of the author. See preface by R B Seymour Sewell in the 1953 Polychaeta volume.)

Mollusca

* Blanford W. T. & Godwin-Austen H. H. 1908
''Mollusca. Testacellidae and Zonitidae''
Taylor & Francis, London. 311 pp. * Gude G. K. 1914
''Mollusca.−II. (Trochomorphidae--Janellidae)''
xii + 520 pp., 164 figs. * Gude G. K. 1921
''Mollusca.−III. Land operculates (Cyclophoridae, Truncatellidae, Assimineidae, Helicinidae)''
386 pp. * Preston H B 1915
''Mollusca. Freshwater Gastropoda & Pelecypoda.''
Taylor & Francis, London, 244 pp., 29 figs. * Prashad, Baini (?) Mollusca 5. Pelecypoda (not published)

Arachnida

* Pocock, R.I. (1900
ArachnidaSplit PDF
* Sharif M (?) Ticks.

Hemiptera

* Distant, W.L. (1902
Rhynchota 1. Heteroptera. Pentatomidae, Coreidae, Berytidae
(See als
Index to Rhynchota
* Distant, W.L. (1904
Rhynchota 2.
Heteroptera. Family 4 to 16. (Lygaeidae - Capsidae) * Distant, W.L. (1906
Rhynchota 3.
Heteroptera - Homoptera Heteroptera-family 17 to 24. (Anthoceridae - Coricidae) / Cicadidae, Fulgoridae. * Distant, W.L. (1907-8
Rhynchota 4.
Homoptera: Membracidae, Cercopidae, Jassidae & Heteroptera: Appendix (initially published in two parts) * Distant, W.L. (1911
Rhynchota 5.
Heteroptera: Appendix * Distant, W.L. (1916
Rhynchota 6.
Homoptera. Appendix * Distant, W.L. (1918
Rhynchota 7.
Homoptera:Appendix to Jassidae, Heteroptera:Addenda

Dermaptera

* Burr, M. (1910
Dermaptera
(Earwigs) 17 p - 10 pl

Odonata

* Fraser, F.C. (1933
Odonata. 1
Introduction, Coenagriidae 423 p * Fraser, F.C. (1934
Odonata. 2
Agriidae, Gomphidae 398 p - 120 figs - 4 col. pl. * Fraser, F.C. (1936
Odonata. 3
Cordulegasteridae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae. 461 p.

Orthoptera

* Kirby, WF (1914
Acridiidae
;Second edition * Uvarov, BP (?) Acridiidae * Chopard L. (1969
The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Orthoptera. Vol.2: Grylloidea.
Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press. * Henry G M (?) Tettigoniidae

Blattaria

* Shelford, R. Blattidae (sanctioned but not published)Lefroy, HM (1910
Review. Fauna of British India. Burr, H.M.
JBNHS 20:203-204

Coleoptera

* Andrewes, H. (1929
Carabidae 1. Carabinae
431 p - 62 figs - 9 pl (1 col) * Andrewes, H. (1935
Carabidae 2. Harpalinae
323 p - 51 figs - 5 pl * Arrow, G.J. (1910
Lamellicornia 1. Cetoniinae and Dynastinae
iv + 322 p - 76 figs - 2 col. pl. * Arrow, G.J. (1917
Lamellicornia 2. Rutelinae, Desmonycinae, Euchirinae
iii + 387 p - 77 figs - 5 pl (1 col.)* Arrow, G.J. (1931
Lamellicornia 3. Coprinae
28 p - 61 figs - 13 pl (1 col.) - 1 map * Arrow, G.J. (1949
Lamellicornia 4. Lucanidae & Passalidae
vii + 274 pp., 23 pl] * Arrow, G.J. (1925
Clavicornia : Erotylidae, Languriidae & Endomychidae
v + 416 p - 76 figs - 1 col. pl. - 1 map* Beeson, C.F.C. (?) Platypodidae () * Browne, J Balfour (never published) Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae and Haliplidae * Cameron, M. (1930
Staphylinidae 1
(Micropeplinae, Oxytelinae, Oxyporinae, Megalopinae, Steninae, Enaesthetinae) 71 p - 134 figs - 1 map - 3 col. plates * Cameron, M. (1934) Staphylinidae. 2. (Paederinae) 257 p - 2 col. pl. * Cameron, M. (1932
Staphylinidae 3
(Staphylininae, Trichophyinae, Termitodiscinae, Pygosteninae, Tachyporinae) 443 p - 4 col. pl. * Cameron, M. (1939
Staphylinidae 4
Part 1. Subfam. Pseudopernthinae and Aleocharinae (part) * Cameron, M. (1939) Staphylindae 4. Part 2. Aleocharinae. * Fowler, W. (1912
Coleoptera. General introduction and Cicindelidae to Paussidae
xx + 529 p - 240 figs * Gahan, C. (1906
Coleoptera. Cerambycidae
329 p -107 figs * Jacoby, Martin & others (1908-1936) Chrysomelidae Volumes 1-4. (Jacoby died before the first volume was published. See preface to the first volume by C T Bingham) ** Jacoby, M. (1908)
Chrysomelidae 1. Eupodes, Camptosomes, Cyclica
534 p - 172 figs - 2 pl ** Maulik, S. (1919
Chrysomelidae Volume 2 Hispinae and Cassidinae
xi + 439 p - 130 figs ** Maulik, S. (1926
Chrysomelidae Volume 3. Chrysomelinae and Halticinae
442 p - 139 figs - 1 map ** Maulik, S.(1936
Chrysomelidae Volume 4. Galerucinae
648 p - 144 fig - 1 map - 1 pl - hbk * Marshall, Guy A.K. (1916
Rhynchophora, Curculionidae
367 p - 108 figs ;Sanctioned but not published * Beeson CFC Scolytidae * Beeson CFC Platypodidae * Stebbing, E.P. Buprestidae

Diptera

* Brunetti, E. (1912
Diptera : Nematocera excluding Chironomidae & Culicidae
581 p * Brunetti, E. (1920
Diptera 2. Brachycera Volume 1 (Stratiomyiidae, Leptidae, Nemestinidae, Cyrtidae, Bombyliidae, Therevidae, Scenopinidae, Mydaidae, Empidae, Lonchopteridae, Platypezidae)
401 p. * Brunetti, E. (1923
Diptera 3. Pipunculidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, Oestridae
24 p - 83 fig - 5 pl* Christophers, S.R. (1933
Diptera Volume 4. Culicidae tribe Anophelini
* Barraud, P.J. (1934
Diptera Volume 5. (Culicidae) tribes Megarhinini & Culicini
* R Senior-White, Daphne Aubertin & John Smart (1940
Diptera Volume 6. Calliphoridae
* Hobby, BM (?) Diptera Volume 7. Asilidae * Oldroyd, H (?) Tabanidae * van Emden, F I -

Muscidae Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea. Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...

Diptera Volume 7. Part 1 Published 1966 in The Fauna of India - Part 2 was planned but never published.

Aphaniptera

* Sharif, M (?) Fleas.

Hymenoptera

* Bingham, C.T. (1897
Hymenoptera. Vol. 1. Wasps and bees
xxix + 579 pp. * Bingham, C. T. (1903
Hymenoptera, Vol. 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps
506 pp. * Morley, C. (1913
Hymenoptera Vol. 3. Ichneumones Deltoidei
531 p - 152 fig - 1 pl

Lepidoptera

* Bingham, C. T. (1905
Butterflies Vol. 1
- Family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

* Bingham, C. T. (1907
Butterflies Vol. 2
- Families

Papilionidae Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larg ...

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in L ...

and

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterf ...

George Francis Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills of ...

& others (1892-1937) Moths. 5 volumes ** Hampson, G. (1892
Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae
527 p - 333 fig ** Hampson, G. (1894
Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae
609 p - 325 figs ** Hampson, G. (1895
Moths 3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae
546 p - 226 figs ** Hampson, G. (1896
Moths 4. Pyralidae
594 p - 287 figs ** Bell TRD & F B Scott (1937
Moths. Vol. 5. Sphingidae
37 p - 1 folding map - 15 pl ;Second edition * Talbot, G. (1939
Butterflies. Vol. 1

, xxix + 600 p - 184 figs - 1 folding map - 3 col. pl. * Talbot, G. (1947
Butterflies. Vol. 2

Danaidae Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed, as well as the clearwing butte ...

Satyridae The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...

, Amathusiidae and Acraeidae. xv + 506 p - 104 figs - 2 col. pl.

Reptilia and Amphibia

* Günther, A.C.L.G. (1864) ''Reptiles of British India'

xxvii + 452 p - 26 pl (Not part of the Fauna of British India series, but included here for completeness) * George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, G. A. (1890
Reptilia and Batrachia
xviii + 541 p - 142 figs ;Second edition * Smith, M. A. (1931-1943) Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 Volumes. (Volume 4 was to cover Amphibia). ** Smith, M. A. (1931
Reptilia and Amphibia 1: Loricata and Testudines
xviii + 185 p - 42 figs - 2 pl ** Smith, M. A. (1935
Reptilia and Amphibia 2: Sauria
xiii + 440 p - 93 figs - 1 pl - 2 maps ** Smith, M. A. (1943
Reptilia and Amphibia 3: Serpentes
xii + 583 p - 166 figs

Fishes

* Day, Francis (July 11, 1889
Fishes Volume I
Chondropterygii, Teleoste (Physostomi; Acanthopterygii: Percidae) * Day, Francis (September 21, 1889
Fishes Volume II
Teleostei (Acanthopterygii excl. Percidae; Anacanthini; Lophobranchii; Plectognathi), Leptocardii ;Second edition * Hora, SL (?) (projected to be published in 5 volumes in 1953 but not published)

Birds

* Oates, E. W. ( Blanford, W. T., editor) (1889
Birds. 1
82 p* Oates, E. W. (1890
Birds. 2
24 p* Blanford, W. T. (1895
Birds. 3
50 p - 102 figs * Blanford, W. T. (1898
Birds. 4
00 p - 127 figs ;Second edition * Baker, Stuart (1922
Birds. 1
524 p * Baker, Stuart (1924
Birds. 2
606 p - 86 figs * Baker, Stuart (1926
Birds. 3
534 p * Baker, Stuart (1927
Birds. 4
471 p - 71 figs * Baker, Stuart (1928
Birds. 5
469 p - 49 figs * Baker, Stuart (1929
Birds. 6
548 p * Baker, Stuart (1930
Birds. 7
484 p (Synonymical catalogue Passeres-Grallae) * Baker, Stuart (1930
Birds. 8.
326 p (Synonymical catalogue Grallae - Pygopodes; Corrigenda and Addenda)

Mammals

* Blanford, WT (1888, 1891
Mammalia
** Part 1 Primates, Carnivora, Insectivora ** Part 2 Chiroptera, Rodentia, Ungulata, Cetacea, Sirenia, Edentata ;Second edition * Pocock, R.I. (1939
Mammalia. I. Primates and Carnivora
* Pocock, R.I. (1941
Mammalia. II. Carnivora :Aeluroidea, Arctoidea
* Ellerman, J.R, Roonwal, M.L. (ed.) (1961
Mammalia. III. Rodentia

References

External links

Fauna of British India and Fauna of India - scanned volumes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, The Series of books Natural history books Natural history of India Books on Lepidoptera