CATALOGUE OF RECENT AND FOSSIL 
NEMESTRINIDyE OF AMERICA 
NORTH OF MEXICO 
By Joseph C. Bequaert 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 
Tlie present compilation arranges all published refer- 
ences of North American Nemestrinidae, known to the 
author, so as to present a reliable key to the literature 
and a clear historical view of the subject. All citations 
have been checked with the originals. The actual date 
of publication follows the author’s name while any other 
date mentioned in connection with the work is inserted 
in parentheses after the abbreviated title and volume 
number. The type localities and present location of the 
types are noted with the original descriptions of either 
sex. Other references mention localities based on new 
material, as well as important biological data. I have 
used the opportunity to publish additional localities for 
some of the forms. 
The abbreviations have been chosen so that even the 
beginner and non-specialist will be able to trace them in 
the literature. In my experience Catalogues are more 
useful to the uninitiated than to the strict specialist. The 
following abbreviations are used for the depositories of 
types: A.M.N.H. for American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, New York; Brit. Mus. for British Museum (Natural 
History), London; Kansas Un. for Department of Zool- 
ogy and Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 
Kansas; M.C.Z. for Museum of Comparative Zoology, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Melander Coll, for private 
collection of A. L. Melander, now at Riverside, Califor- 
nia; Painter Coll, for private collection of R. H. Painter, 
now at Manhattan, Kansas ; Peabody Mus. for Peabody 
Museum of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; 
U. Colo. Mus. for Museum of the University of Colorado, 
Boulder, Colorado; and U.S.N.M. for United States Na- 
tional Museum, Washington, D. C. 
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