il/keficanoxfitates%Mllsdllm PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREET, NEW YORK 24, N.Y. NUMBER 2099 AUGUST I 7, i962 A Gazetteer to Accompany the "Insecta" Volumes of the "BBiologia Centrali-Americana"

BY RICHARD B. SELANDER' AND PATRICIA VAURIE2

INTRODUCTION The present work is a gazetteer of the Mexican and Central American localities from which insects are recorded in the "Biologia Centrali- Americana." It consists principally of definitions of names of localities, given in enough detail so that the geographic position of any locality can be determined readily on a map of only moderate detail. Secondarily, it provides a consistent treatment of the names of the localities, following current usage. Finally, it includes at least an approximation of the eleva- tion above sea level of most specific inland localities. The gazetteer is offered primarily for the use of systematists studying the distribution and geographic variation of insects in and . It should be useful to workers in fields other than , however, because many of the localities cited for insects in the "Biologia" are also cited for other animals and for . In this connection, we hope that some of our colleagues who use the gazetteer will undertake a supple- ment to complete the treatment of all the Mexican and Central American localities in the "Biologia." Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois. 2 Research Associate, Department of Entomology, the American Museum of Natural History. 6 u

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THE "BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA" HISTORY: The extremely interesting history of the "Biologia" has never been adequately related in the literature, and it would be impossible to do justice to it in the introduction to this gazetteer. Nevertheless, we feel that it is appropriate to include some background information. For further details the reader is referred to the historical account written by Godman for the "Introductory Volume" of the "Biologia," to the articles on the "Biologia" by Calvert (1916), and to the biographic sketches of Godman, Salvin, Champion, Flohr, Salld, and others closely associated with the "Biologia" project listed in Carpenter (1945). The "Biologia Centrali-Americana," unquestionably one of the most monumental and important faunal works ever published, was the product of the exciting era of world travel and exploration that began in the time of Linnaeus and reached its zenith with the discovery of the principles of organic evolution by Darwin and Wallace. Its history is very intimately associated with the lives of its two organizers, directors, and editors, the eminent British naturalists Frederick DuCane Godman and . Godman was born in 1834; Salvin, a year later. Both men were edu- cated at Cambridge University, where in 1853 they met and developed a close friendship that was to last until the death of Salvin 44 years later. As students both were very active in natural history, specializing in the study of birds and butterflies. In 1858 they joined a group of fellow stu- dents in founding the British Ornithological Union, which a year later began publication of the journal The . From the outset of their careers, both Godman and Salvin had a great interest in traveling and collecting. During his life Godman visited India, the , Madeira Island, the , , Jamaica, Mexico, and most of the countries of . Immediately after being graduated from Cambridge in 1857, Salvin made an exp