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violable for ever. Generic and specific names of long standing 

 should be similarly regarded and the strict priorist discouraged 

 in every possible way. Within the last few years I read some- 

 where that the great majority of American and German zoologists 

 were opposed to the rigid application of the law of priority yet 

 the International Commission ajipear to be mainly composed of 

 those of the opposite way of thinking. 



Some endeavour has been made to ascertain the location of 

 types but for various reasons the results have not been over-satis- 

 factory. My best thanks are due and tendered to those who have 

 assisted me in this matter, notably Mr. Edwards of the British 

 Museum and Mr. F. V. Theobald respecting many of his types in 

 Culicidae. 



A number of types (though of which species is by no means 

 certain) of Walker and of Doleschall described from the Malay 

 Peninsula and the East Indian Islands are dcfiniteh' known to be 

 lost and a certain number of those of Osten Sacken have been for 

 many years, presumed lost also. In cases where the location of 

 the tyi)e is not stated in the present Catalogue it simply means 

 that no information has been obtained about it. All types of my 

 own species, unless otherwise stated, were in good condition at the 

 time of descri]ition. 



Reference List of Localities. 



Albay, a Province in Luzon. 



Angeles, Pampanga, Philippine Is. 



Armageon, east coast, India. 



Aru (Aroe), one of the East Indian Islands. 



Astrolabe Bay, Papua. 



Aurangabad, Hyderabad State. 



Badrinath, 10,200 ft., Garhwal Dist., United Provinces, India. 



Bago, 450 ft., Negros Occidental, Philippine Is. 



Bakloh, 4,500 — 5,000 ft., Punjab. 



Balighai, near Puri, Orissa. 



Bandaong (Bandong), Java. 



Bangalore, 3,000 ft., Mysore State, S. India. 



Barogh, 5,000 ft., Simla Dist., Western Himalayas. 



Bataan, one of the Philippines. 



Batticaloa, district on E. Coast of Ceylon. 



Bayembang, Pangasinan, Philippine Is. 



Benguet, Province in Luzon. 



Berars, Province in the Deccan, India. 



Berhampur, Murshidabad Dist., Bengal. 



Berlinhafen, Papua. 



Bhim Tal, 4,500 ft., Kumaon Div., W. Himalayas. 



Bhogaon, Purneah Dist., Bihar, India. 



Bhowali, 5,700 ft., Kumaon Div., W. Himalayas. 



Buitenzorg, Java. 



