VI PREFACE. 



In other words, the several /or mas enumerated under Eleodes den- 

 tipes may arise from eggs deposited by a single typical female, under 

 the influence of climatic, geograpliical, or environmental conditions 

 capable of producing such divergencies. 



A Latin name has been used to express the salient characteristic of 

 any given /orma-, and these characteristics may be similar for each 

 species or variety. A species or variety may have smooth and rough, 

 short and elongate, small and large, caudate or ecaudate forms, 

 consquentl}" a repetition of Latin names is called for. 



These terms are absolutely synonymous with the specific or varietal 

 terms and must not be perpetuated as distinct grades, but simply used 

 as an aid in recording data, and as a compromise between unscientific 

 lumping and splitting, or the difference between 47 and 400 species. 



Logically the present treatment ought not to seriously collide with 

 the rules of the International Code governing nomenclature. 



Frank E. Blaisdell, Sr. 



