AN ALPHABETICAL AND EXPLANATORY LIST OF LOCALI- 

 TIES OF WHICH THE LEPLDOPTEROUS FAUNA IS MORE 

 OR LESS KNOWN. 



ABYSSINIA (Arabic). A country in 

 East Africa, bordering on the Red 

 Sea on the north-east, and on Nubia 

 on the west. 



ADELAIDE. The capital of South 

 Australia. 



AFGHANISTAN. The country of the 

 Afghans ; lies between Persia and 

 Hindostan, south of Turkistan, and 

 north of Beloochistan. 



AFR. Africa. Afrique. 



AFRICA CENT. Interior of Africa. 



AFRICA MER. South Africa. 



AFRICA SEPT. North Africa. 



AFRICA occ. West Africa. 



AFRICA OR. Eastern Africa. 



ALABAMA (Indian}. One of the 

 United States of N. Am. ; it is south 

 of Tennessee, east of Mississippi, 

 and west of Georgia. 



ALASKA. Formerly Russian Amer- 

 ica ; the most north-western part of 

 N. Am. 



ALBANIA. In the south-west of 

 European Turkey. 



ALGIERS, ) One of the Barbary 



ALGIRIA. / States, on northern coast 

 of Africa, between Morocco and 

 Tunis. 



ALLEGHANY (Indian}. Alleghany 

 River, Alleghany Mts., in western 

 Pennsylvania and Virginia. 



ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. A chain of 

 islands between Alaska and Kamt- 

 schatka. 



ALPS. Higher mountains of Europe. 



ALPINE. Relating to the Alps. 



ALT., 1 Altai Mountains in S. W. 



ALTAI. /Siberia. 



AMASIA. A town in Asia Minor. 



AMAZON INF. Lower Amazons. 



AMAZON SUP. Upper Amazons. 



AMBALA. North-west India, near 

 the Himalayas. 



AMBOINA, ) One of the smaller of 



I AMBOYNA. / the Moluccas, or Spice 

 Islands, the home of Ornithoptera 

 Priamus. 



| AM. America. Amerique. 



AMERICA BOR. Arctic America. 



i AMERICA SEPT. North America. 



: AMERICA MERID. South America. 



! AMOORLAND, ) Amur. Amurensis. 



j AMURLAND. /The country along the 

 Amur river in the eastern part of 

 Chinese Tartary. 



ANDALUSIA. One of the southern 

 provinces of Spain. 



ANDES. High mountain ranges of S. 

 America. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS. A number of 

 islands in the Bay of Bengal south 

 of Birmah. 



IANEITIUM. One of the southern of 

 the New Plebrides. 



ANGLIA. England. 



ANGOLA. On the west coast of Af- 

 rica, below Loango. St. Paul de 

 Loando is the principal settlement. 



ANTICOSTI ISLAND. A large island 

 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, south 

 of Labrador. 



ANTILLES. The great and lesser An- 

 tilles, the West Indian Islands. 



ANTIOCH, 1 A town in the north - 



ANTIOCHIA. / west of Syria. 



APOLOBAMBA. A town in the pro- 

 vince of Beni, in north-western 

 Bolivia. 



APPALACHICOLA. (Indian). A town 

 in west Florida at the mouth of the 

 Appalachicola river. 



ARABIA. The country lying south of 

 Asiatic Turkey, between the Gulf 

 of Persia and the Red Sea. 



ARARAT. A mountain in Eastern 

 Armenia, 17,100 feet high. 



ARAL SEA. A large, inland sea in 



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