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LIST OF LOCALITIES. 



here that Tlialiura Rhipheus, the 

 most splendid of all known Lepi- 

 dopterons, is found. 



MADEIRA ISLANDS. Some small 

 islands west of Morocco. 



MADJICA-SIMA. Some small islands 

 north-east of Formosa and south of 

 the Loo Choo Islands. 



MADRAS. The capital of the Presi- 

 dency of Madras, on the Coromandel 

 coast, south-east Hindostan. 



MADURA. An island in the Java Sea, 

 north of the eastern end of Java. 



MAGELLAN. Straits of Magellan, 

 between Patagonia and Terra-del- 

 Fnego. 



MAINE. The most north-eastern of 

 the United States of N. America. 



MALABAR. The south-western coast 

 of Hindostan. 



MALACCA, ) The southernmost part 



MALAYA, j of Farther India, and is 

 a peninsula south of Siaru, on the 

 west the straits of Malacca divide 

 it from Sumatra, and on the east it 

 coasts the China Sea. 



MALAYSIA. The Asiatic Islands, em- 

 bracing Sumatra, Java, Borneo, 

 Philippines, Celebes and Moluccas 

 or Spice Islands. 



MANADA. See Menado. 



MANILLA. The capital city of the 

 Philippines, is in the south-western 

 part of the island of Luzon, the 

 largest of that group. 



MANTCHOORIA, ^ North-eastern part 



MANTCHURIA, Vof the Chinese em- 



MANDSHOORIA. j pire ; Arnoorland. 



MARACAIBO. A city of Venezuela, 

 on Maracaibo lake near its outlet. 



MAROCCO. One of the Barbary States, 

 the most north-western part of 

 Africa. 



MARANHAM. An important com- 

 mercial town on an island at the 

 mouth of (he Maranham River, in 

 the district, of same name in the 

 north-east of Brazil. 



MARQUESAS ISLANDS. One of the 

 more eastern of the groups of Poly- 

 nesia, they are in the same latitude 



as the south-eastern end of New 

 Guinea. 



MARTINIQUE. One of the lesser An- 

 tilles. 



MARYLAND. One of the United 

 States of N. America, south of 

 Pennsylvania and north and north- 

 east of Virginia. 



MASS., "^ One of the New 



MASSACHUSETTS, j England States, 

 it lies east of New York, and south 

 of Vermont and New Hampshire, 

 north of Connecticut and Rhode 

 Island, and on the east it fronts 

 the Atlantic. 



MATABELLA. An island south of 

 Goram, and south-west of New 

 Guinea. 



MATANZAS. A city on the northern 

 coast of western Cuba. 



MAUNA ROA. A volcano in Owhy- 

 hee, Sandwich Islands. 



MAUR , ) North-west Africa. 



MAURETANIA. J Algiers and Morocco. 



MAURITIUS. An island in the Indian 

 Ocean, east of Madagascar and 

 north-east of Isle of Bourbon. 

 Tlialiura Wiiphcns has also been 

 found on this island. 



MD. Maryland. 



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MELBOURNE. The capital of Victoria 

 the south-eastern province of Aus- 

 tralia. 

 MENADO. Town on the north-east of 



Celebes. 



MERIDA. The capital of Yucatan, 

 is in the north-west of that state, 

 about 25 miles from the coast. 

 M., ) 



MER., V South. 



MERIDIONALIS. j 



MEX., \ The country of the MOD- 

 MEXICO, j tezumas, or rather what is 

 left of it ; what still remains is 

 bounded on the north and north- 

 east by New Mexico and Texas. 

 The principal pastime of the inhab- 

 itants is to cut each others' throats. 

 They have very frequent changes of 

 the administration, sometimes being 

 blest with several in one day. The 



