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roth 1955a), and in some cases the pin bears a small additional 
square of the same color with “Say” or “D. Say” in Dejean’s hand, 
or this note is added on the first label, implying that Say’s name was 
written there twice. These specimens, belonging to species marked 
with an asterisk (*) in Table 1, must be accepted as authentic Say 
specimens and are available for selection as lectotypes. Mr. Char- 
pentier was able to find representatives of 9 such species. Afterwards, 
Mr. A. Descarpentries, of the Paris Museum, was kind enough to 
make a complementary search for Say specimens in the Oberthiir 
collection, and the rediscovery of three of the species ( Chlaenius 
emarginatus } Pasimachus subsulcatus , Stenolophus ochropezus) was 
due to his efforts. For reasons mentioned below under each species, 
lectotypes were not selected for the following Say species represented 
in the Dejean collection: Anisodactylus agricola } Bembidion con- 
tr actum, B. dorsale , Harpalus faunus. 
Article 75 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 
sets the following limitations and conditions for designating neotypes. 
They are to be designated only if no holo-, lecto-, or syntypes exist: 
this condition is satisfied in the present case by information given in 
preceding paragraphs. They are to be designated only in connection 
with revisory work: present designations are connected with the 
senior author’s revisory work on the ground-beetles of Canada and 
Alaska (Lindroth 1961-1968), which includes almost all species of 
northern United States too. They are to be designated only in “ex- 
ceptional circumstances,” in the interests of stability of nomenclature: 
for reasons given in preceding paragraphs, neotypes are considered 
necessary to stabilize use of Say’s names. Characters regarded as 
differentiating the taxa for which neotypes are designated are given 
in bibliographic references in square brackets; the reference is usually 
to Lth 1961-1968. Evidences are given for believing that the neo- 
types are consistent with what is known of the original type material 
(according to the descriptions and with reference to localities). And 
the neotypes have been marked as such for recognition, and are the 
property of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The proposal to 
designate neotypes for Say’s Carabidae is known to and approved by 
several of the most active specialists in North America. 
Enumeration of Species 5 
In the following pages, all Say names given to North American 
Carabidae other than Cicindelinae are treated under Say’s original 
"Aretharea helluonis Say (1834, p. 411) is evidently an artifact (see Lee. 
1859b, p. 524; Chd. 1871, p. 287). It is omitted from the present list. 
