LIST OF LOCALITIES. 



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South-western Siberia ; its southern 

 shores are on Turan. 



ARCTIC REGIONS. The region north 

 of N. L. 60. 



ARIZONA (Indian). A Territory, 

 bounded on the west by California, 

 on the south by Mexico, on the east 

 by N. Mexico, and on the north by 

 Utah. 



ARKANSAS (Indian}. One of the 

 United States ; it lies east of Indian 

 Territory, and north of Louisiana. 



ARM., ) North-eastern part of 



ARMENIA, j Asiatic Turkey. 



ARU. Aru Islands. A group of 

 islands south of the western end of 

 New Guinea. 



As. Asia. 



ASIA MINOR. Little Asia; the north- 

 western part of Asiatic Turkey. 



ASHANTI. In north Guinea, on the 

 west coast of Africa. 



ASTRACHAN. South-eastern Russia ; 

 its principal town, of the same name, 

 is at the mouth of the Volga. 



ASSAM. A district of N. E. Hindostan, 

 adjoining Birmah. Also a settle- 

 ment on the island of Bali. 



ATLANTIC STATES. Those of the 

 United States bordering on the 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



AUSTRIA. The Empire of Austria, in 

 Germany, is north of Turkey, west 

 of Russia and south of Prussia. 



AUSTRALIA. The largest island in 

 the world, it lies south of Papua. 

 Its Lepidopterous fauna does not 

 present the same remarkable forms 

 as in the larger animals, although 

 there are immense Cossidae, some ex- 

 panding eight inches, besides cu- 

 rious Sphingidae, etc. 



AUSTRALASIA. Contains Australia, 

 New Guinea, New Zealand, Van- 

 diernans' Land, Solomon's Islands, 

 New Britain, New Ireland, and 

 New Hebrides. 



AZORES. A group of small islands 

 in the Atlantic, westward of Por- 

 tugal. 



BAHIA. A district of Brazil; B-ihia 

 or Sausalvador, on the Bay of All 



Saints on the eastern coast is one of 

 the principal cities of Brazil. 



BAHAMAS. Bahama or Lucayan 

 Islands, a number of small islands 

 east and south-east of Florida. 



BAIKAL LAKE. An inland sea in 

 Irkoutsk, south-eastern Siberia. 



BALCAN, ) A tract of country, em- 



BALKAN. ( bracing Dalmatia, Euro- 

 pean Turkey and Greece. 



BALI, ) An island direct east of 



BALY. I Java, lying between the latter 

 and Lombok. 



BANANA ISLAND. Near the coast of 

 Sierra Leone, west Africa. The 

 locality of Dfury's wonderful, long- 



/ / fj 



tailed Saturnia Argus. 



BANCA. A small island, N. E. of 

 Celebes, from which it is separated 

 by the Straits of Banca. 



BANDA ISLANDS. Some small islands 

 of the Moluccas, lying between the 

 latter and Obi. 



BANKA. An island in the China Sea, 

 close to and south-eastward of Su- 

 matra, famous for its tin mines. 



BARBARY, ) The north coast of 



BARBARIA. j Africa, embracing Mo- 

 rocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. 



BATAVIA. The capital of Java. 



BATCHIAN. One of the Moluccas, near 

 the southern extremity of Gilolo. 



BEIIRING'S STRAIT. The narrow strait 

 that separates Asia from America ; 

 it is but 40 miles wide. 



BELGIUM. Kingdom of Belgium, 

 north-east of France. 



BELOOCHISTAN. The country south of 

 Afghanistan, and between Persia and 

 Hiudostan. 



BENGAL, ) That part of Hindostan 



BENGALIA. j that lies on the Ganges. 



BERMUDAS. Small islands in the 

 Atlantic, eastward from Georgia. 



BEYRAT, i A town on the west 



BEYROUT. I coast of Syria. 



BHOTAN. In the north-east of Hindo- 

 stan, near Assam. 



BIRMAH. A part of Farther India, 

 lying between Hindostan and Siam, 

 and bordering on the south on the 

 Bay of Bengal. 



