BIBLIOGRAPHY 



This list of references is intended to include all papers containing 

 the validation of staphylinid generic names, all papers containing 

 genotype fixations or supposed fixations of such names, and such other 

 papers as contribute substantially to the nomenclatural histoiy of the 

 names. The arrangement is chronological under each author, except 

 that in general the papers published in a single year are arranged in 

 ascending order of page numbers. Exceptions are made in all cases in 

 which conflict occurs between two articles by one author in any single 

 year. These are listed in chronological order, as nearly as it could be 

 determined, ( See Mulsant and Rey, where great care has been taken 

 to establish priority.) Much still remains to be done in establishing 

 the dates of publication of many works, but close attention has been 

 given to this aspect for many years. 



All papers listed have been examined in detail, except for two that 

 were not yet available in this country when the bibliogi-aphy was pre- 

 pared. These are so indicated in the text. 



It is not supposed that the correct dates have been determined for 

 all papers, but in every case the original and contemporary sources 

 have been examined to establish the correct date of publication, and 

 many subsequent studies of dates have been consulted. References in 

 contemporary works of known date have been vised in many cases to 

 fix dates that had been questioned or incorrectly cited. 



All works known to have been issued in parts are listed by parts 

 with the date of each ; and, of course, all cases of duplicate or multi- 

 ple publication of the same article in several places are listed. Close 

 attention has been paid to the actual author of the descriptions of the 

 sections on Staphylinidae. In many of the older British works these 

 parts must be credited to an author other than the one responsible for 

 publishing the work (see Kirby, Leach, and Stephens). These works 

 are listed under both authors. 



In a few cases during the preparation of the manuscript erroneous 

 references were used or names were ascribed in error to a wrong author. 

 Most of these have been found and corrected, but a correction refer- 

 ence is inserted in the bibliography to correct any that remain. For 

 example, any reference to Kirby, 1829a, should read Curtis, 1829 ; and 

 Kirby. 1829b, should read Stephens, 1829b. 



I am forced to disagree in a few points with F. J. Griffin, as quoted 

 by Tottenham, and also with his predecessor in bibliography C. D. 

 Sherborn, in the following cases : Kraatz, Naturgeschichte der Insek- 

 ten Deutschlands; there is clear evidence that pp. 377-768 (not 353) 



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