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synonymy of tho older species, reference should also be made to Reuter’s 
‘ Bevisio synonymica Heteropterorum palaearcticorum quae descripserunt 
auctores vetustiores' (Linnaeus, 1758; Latreillc, 1806): Helsingfors, 
1888, In this laborious work, Herr Router arranges the synonymy on 
the basis of priority in the printed publication of recognisable descrip- 
tions of species, setting aside the compromises due to the ‘ law of pres- 
cription ’ or of ‘ continuity of use for a lengthened period,’ and it is 
to be hoped that tho results of his investigations will be accepted by 
all engaged in the study of this order, and that this list, which embodies 
those results, may be regarded as authoritative in the cases affected 
thereby. 
I have not attempted to give references to merely faunistic catalogues, 
but the first table given below indicates the principal local lists in which 
the family of the Capsidce is noticed. References to Walker’s Cata- 
logue of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera are also given. It is, however, 
to he carefully understood that these references do not imply the 
acceptance of Walker’s synonymical notes, which are, as a rule, so 
untrustworthy that, perhaps, it would have been better to have omitted 
them. 
LOCAL LISTS. 
Britain — Saunders, E., ‘ Synopsis of the British Hemiptera-Heteroptera,’ in 
Trans. Ent. S. London, 1875. 
France — Beiber and Futon, ‘ Catalogue des Hemipteres d’ Alsace et de 
la Lorraine.’ Colmar, 1876. 
Letliierry, L. ‘ Catalogue des Hemipteres de Dept, du Nord.’ (2 ed.), 
Lille, 1874 
Belgium- — Lethierry and Pierret, ‘ Premier Essai d’un Catalogue des Hete- 
roptiiros de Belgique’, in Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxii, 1879, p. 5. 
Spain Bolivar and Chicote, 4 Enumeracion de los Hemipteros observados 
en Espana y Portugal’, in Anal. Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat., viii, 1879, 
p. 167 ; ib., 1880. ‘ Releve des H6mipteSres recueillis en Portugal et en 
Espagno par M. C. Van Volxem ’ by Lethierry, in Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 
xvii, 1874, p 47. 
Italy — Ferrari, P. M.— ‘ Hemiptora Agri Lignstici,’ in Ann. Mus. Civ. 
Gen., vi, 1874 ; ib., xii, 1878, p. 60 : id., ‘ Rliynchota Tridentina,’ ib., 1884. 
Bohemia — Duda, L.— ‘ Beitrage zur kenntniss der Hemiptora Faunen 
Bohmens,’ in Wien. Ent. Zeit., Vol. V, 1886, p. 43. 
Greece — Chicote, in Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xxvi, 1882, p. 87. 
Tyrol — Gredler,V., ‘Rliynchota Tirolensia, Hemiptera-Heteroptera, in Vorh. 
Zool. hot. Ges. Wien, 1870, p. 90. 
Holland— Vollenhoven, S. C. Snellen Van— Hemiptera-Heteroptera Neer- 
landica, 18*8: * Bijvocgsel tot de lijst der inlandischo Hemiptera- 
Heteroptera,’ in Tijdschr. v. Ent., xxii, 1879. Folcker, A. J.— 1 Catalogus 
der in Nederland voorkomende Homiptera,’ in ibid., xxvi, 1883, p. 234 ; 
1884, p. 113. 
