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LIST OF LOCALITIES. 



Arctic. 



BISSAO. Portugese possession on the 

 coast of Senegambia, West Africa. 



BITH. | North - western Asia 



BITHYNIA. ] Minor. 



BOHEMIA. In the north-west of Aus- 

 tria, south of Saxony and east of 

 Bavaria. 



BOLIVIA. A republic of South Amer- 

 ica, north of Buenos Ayres and be- 

 tween Brazil and Peru. 



BOMBAY. A district on the west coast 

 of Hindostan. Its capital bears 

 the same name. 



BOOTAN. See Bhotan. 



BOOTHIA-FELIX. In Arctic America, 

 north of Prince William's Land. 

 The types of Colias Bootlm were 

 taken there by the 2d Ross expedi- 

 tion in 1832. 



BOR, 



BOREALIS. . 



BORNEO. An immense island lying 

 south-east of Farther India, north 

 of Java, and south of the Philip- 

 pines. 



BOURBON. Isle of Bourbon. An 

 Island in the Indian Ocean east of 

 Madagascar. 



BOUEU. One of the Moluccas, lies 

 west of Ceram and Amboina, and 

 south of Obi and Batchian. 



BRAZIL, > Empire of Brazil in 



BRASILIA. $ S. America. 



BRISBANE. A town on Moreton Bay, 

 in New South Wales, East Aus- 

 tralia. 



BRITANNIA. Great Britain. 



BRITISH AMERICA, ? The British 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. $ possessions in 

 N. America, comprising, with the 

 exception of Alaska, all that part 

 north of N. L. 49. 



BRITISH GUIANA. Demerara, Esse- 

 quibo and Berbice. 



BUENOS AYRES. That part of S. 

 America east of Chili, south of 

 Bolivia, and north of Patagonia. 



BULGARIA. A territory in the eastern 

 part of European Turkey, separated 

 from Wallachia on the north by the 

 Danube River, while on the east it 

 borders on the Black Sea. 



BURIAS. A small island, near the 

 south-eastern extremity of the great 

 island of Luzon. 



BURMAH. See Birmah. 



BUTOX. One of the Moluccas, close 

 to and south-east of Celebes. 



CAFFRARIA. On the south-east coast 

 of Africa, east of Cape Colony. 

 Natal is its principal town. 



CALABAR. New and Old Calabar, 

 two settlements on the coast of upper 

 Guinea, West Africa. 



CALABRIA. Extreme southern pro- 

 vince of Italy. 



CALCUTTA. The largest city in Hin- 

 dostan, situated on the Hoogly river, 

 one of the mouths of the Ganges 



CALIFORNIA. On west coast of N. 

 America, borders on the Pacific and 

 is south of Oregon. The Lepidop- 

 terous Fauna of this state and.adja- 

 cent territories have a wonderful 

 similarity to those of Europe. 



CAMBODIA. In Farther India, east of 

 Siam. 



CAMEROONS. In lower Guinea, west 

 coast of Africa, below Calabar. 



CAMETA. A town in N. Brazil near 

 the mouth of the Tocantius river. 



CAMPEACHY. On west coast of Yu- 

 catan. 



CANADA. Dominion of Canada, part 

 of the British possessions in North 

 America. 



CANARA. A district on west coast of 

 Hindostan. 



CANARIES, ? A group of 



CANARY ISLANDS. $ islands west of 

 Morocco. 



CAPE COAST. Coast around the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



CAPE COLONY. The southernmost 

 part of Africa. 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The most 

 southern point of Africa. 



CAPE TOWN. Capital of Cape Colony. 



CAPE YORK. The northernmost point 

 of Australia; it is the home of the 

 Ornithoptera car. PronowuS. 



CAPE VERDE. On the coast of Sene- 

 gambia, the most western point of 

 Africa. 



