XIV INTRODUCTION 



When referring to institutions, I use the following abbreviations: 



Abbreviation 



AM 



AMNH 



ANSP 



BM 



BMNH 



BYU 



CAS 



CM 



CNHM 



CPS 



DZ 



FMNH 



IB 



IML 

 JPP 



LC 



MCZ 



MHNB 

 MHNP 

 MP 

 MZUM 



NOAS 



R 



RPSP 



SCMT 



SDSNH 



SNCBSH 



SNG 



SUM 



SYUM 



TCM 



TUM 



Institution 



Australian Museum, Sydney 



American Museum of Natural History, New York City 



Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania 



Bergen Museum, Norway 



British Museum (Natural History), London 



Brighara Young University, Provo, Utah 



California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 



Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 



Chicago Natural History Museum, Illinois 



College of Puget Sound, Takoma, Washington 



Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, 

 Sao Paulo 



Field Museum of Natural History (later renamed Chicago 

 Museum of Natural History) 



Instituto Butantan, Brazil 



Instituto Miguel Lillo, Argentina 



Jardin des Plantes, Paris (affiliate of Museum Nation- 

 ale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) 



Dr. Adolpho Lutz' collection, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 

 Rio de Janeiro 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts 



Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Bale, Switzerland 



Museum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 



Museum Paulista, Sao Paulo 



Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan, Ann 

 Arbor, Michigan 



New Orleans Academy of Science, Louisiana 



Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 



Royal Palm State Park, Florida 



Science College Museum, Imperial University of Tokyo 



San Diego Society of Natural History. California 



State of North Carolina Biological Station, Highlands 



Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gescllschaft, Frank- 

 furt-am-Main 



Stanford University Museum, California 



Sun Yat-sen University Museum, China 



Trowbridge College Museum (Museum of Zoology of the 

 University of Michigan) 



Tulane University Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana 



