INTRODUCTION. IX 



It remains to state that in the main body of the Catalogue I have 

 catalogued names commencing with Le or La under L, as Lalande, 

 LaHiee, etc. Names commencing with De have not been placed 

 under D, with the exception of D' Arrest, D'Abbadie, etc. Names 

 commencing with Von are not catalogued under V. 



Edward S. Holden. 



U. S. Naval Observatory, 



Washington, January, 1877. 



