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which can thus be considered as both a contemporary and as a de- 
scendant of Halocoryza. 
Acknowledgements 
I am indebted to Dr. Philip J. Darlington, Jr. (Museum of 
Comparative Zoology) for the loan of the material used in this 
study. I am further grateful to him for his courtesy during my 
visits to the Museum, and for a number of useful suggestions. 
Mr. Jacques Negre (Versailles, France) has most obligingly 
checked material in the Museum National d’Historie Naturelle in 
Paris at my request, thus providing a wealth of useful information. 
I wish to thank Dr. George E. Ball and Mr. John R. Barron 
(University of Alberta) for reading and criticising the manuscript. 
This study was financed in part by National Science Foundation 
Grant GB3312, held by Dr. Ball. 
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