EXPLANATION OF THE CONTRACTIONS IN THE 

 REEERENCES. 



Ags. — Agassiz. 



Atr. f. e. aud fn. — Ahrens, Fauna lu- 

 sectorum Europse. 



Be. — Bouclie. 



liiin. aud Bms. — Burmeister. 



BruUe exp. m. — Brulle, Expeditiou 

 Scieutifique de la Moree. 



Carlier, ann. soc. ent. fr. — Carlicr, 

 Annales de la Societe Entoniolo- 

 gique de la France. 



Ct. b. e. — Cux'tis, British Entomology 



Den. and De. — Duncan. 



Dg. aud Dcg. ins. and i. — De Gcer, In- 

 sectes, &c. 



Dmr. and Dml. — Dum(,'ril,Dict. Nouv. 

 de I'Histoirc Naturellc. 



Dnv. and Dnvn. — Donovan, British 

 Insects. 



Duf. and Df. — Leon Dufour. 



Fb. 8. e. ; sp. i., sp., and s. i. ; mut. ; 

 e. s. ; s. a. — Fabricius, Systema 

 Eutomologife, Species Insectoruni, 

 Mantissa Insectorum, Entomolo- 

 gia Systematica, Systema Antlia- 

 torum. 



Fin. d. s. ; spl., sppl., snppl. ; antlu-. ; 

 asil. ; del.; emp. ; str. ; syrph- 

 — Fallen, Diptera Suecicc; Supple- 

 ment; Anthracides ; Asilici ; Do- 

 lichopodes ; Empidte ; Stratio- 

 niydffi ; Syrphici. 



Fischer progr. — Fischer von Waldheini ; 

 Programme. 



Ftr. aud Frst., s. sp., and ct. — Forstcr, 

 Cent. ; Novfc Species Insectoruni. 



Gf. and Gfr. ; ins. cd. Fcry. — GeoflVoy, 

 Histoire dcs Insects ; Insccta 



edente Fourcroy, or Entomologia 

 Parisiensis. 



Gm. s. n. — Guielin, Systema Natime, 

 ed. 13. 



Gmtl. — Gimmerthal. 



Gn., Gr., and Grn. ; ie. — Guerin, Ico- 

 nographie du Regne Animal. 



Hal. and A. H. H. ; a. n. h. ; e. m. ; 

 z. j. — Haliday, Annals of Natu- 

 ral History ; Entomological Ma- 

 gazine ; Zoological Journal. 



Harris, or Hrs. — Hams, Exposition of 

 English Insects. 



Ilbst.— Herbst. 



Hms., Hfg., and Hffg. — Hoflfmanscgg 

 in Meigeu. 



Illig. and 111. ; mag.— Illiger ; maga- 

 zine. 



Kby. — Kirby. 



L. aud Lin. ; s. n. ; fn., and f. s. — 

 Linnaeus, Systema Natura-; Fauna 

 Suecica. 



Lch. ; comp., Sam. Comp., aud Sm. 

 cp. — Leach in the Entomologist's 

 Useful Compendium, by Samou- 

 elle. 



Linn. ; n. act. ac. dec., and act. acaJ. 

 dec. — Lehmanu, Nova Acta Aca- 

 demiffi, Decade, &c. 



L. and Latr. ; f. n. ; d. h. n. ; g. c, 

 and gen. ; h. n. ; r. a. — Families 

 Nalm'elles ; Dictionnaire de I'His- 

 toirc Naturellc ; Genera Crust, 

 ct insectorum: Ilistoiie Naturellc 

 dcs Inscctes ; Kegne Animal ; 

 I'rccis dcs Caracteics, &c. 



Lm. — Laniarch, .\uimau\ sans Vcr- 

 tebrcs. 



