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label was of course not marked type. If the actual type could be 

 located it was so labeled ; if nou, a neotype label was attached to the 

 substitute, to serve until the holotype is recognized. 



Casey's interpolation of later material among his original series 

 sometimes prevented the assignment of paratype labels. For example, 

 Euphoria nit ens Casey, described from 10 specimens from Texas, was 

 represented in the Casey box by 14 examples, showing that four 

 specimens were added later to the original lot. All the specimens 

 except no. i and no. 3, which are unlabeled but which nevertheless 

 are almost certainly part of the original series of 10, bear Texas labels, 

 and all except one agree with the original description. That is, only 

 one example of the present 14 can be eliminated as a possible para- 

 type ; consequently no paratype labels could be added. It may be ex- 

 plained that Casey followed no consistent method of incorporating 

 later specimens, sometimes placing them at the end, but oftener some- 

 where in the middle, of his original series. 



The curatorial work made no pretense at a synonymical review of 

 the field, but aimed simply at the necessary clearing of the ground that 

 precedes critical study. Casey's individualistic methods and volumi- 

 nous writings have created many zoological and nomenclatural prob- 

 lems that can be solved only by the patient investigations of future 

 students. Many generations must pass before the final verdict is 

 reached, but in the meantime it is hoped that the collection as it now 

 stands, cleared in part of confusing factors, will lend itself more 

 readily to a study of those problems in which Casey was so deeply 

 interested, and concerning which he once said : " These fields of 

 scientific enquiry are all parts of one grand cosmos, and I cannot 

 conceive one of them to be more soul-inspiring than another; they 

 are all equally wonderful, equally beautiful, and equally beyond the 

 ken of finite intellect." 



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Notes on Coleoptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, vol. 7, 

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Revision of the Stenini of America North of Mexico, Insects of the Family 

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