INTRODUCTION .................................................... 1
SCOPE OF THE ROTHSCHILD COLLECTION ........................... 1
THE BRITISH MUSEUM COLLECTION AND THE SCOPE OF THIS
CATALOGUE .................................................... 1
LISTING THE MATERIAL ......................................... 2
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS .......................................... 2
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION .................................... 2
PLACE NAMES .................................................. 3
MIS-LABELLING ................................................ 3
HOSTS ........................................................ 3
TYPE MATERIAL ................................................ 5
TERMINOLOGY .................................................. 5
PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT FIGURES ................................. 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................ 6
EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT AND FIGURES ........... 7
MORPHOLOGY ...................................................... 8
CHAETOTAXY ..................................................... 28
GLOSSARY ....................................................... 31
SYSTEMATICS AND NOMENCLATURE ................................... 34
DISTRIBUTION ................................................... 37
HOST-PARASITE SPECIFICITY ...................................... 40
MEASUREMENTS ................................................... 40
TECHNIQUE ...................................................... 41
BIOLOGY ........................................................ 41
DESCRIPTIONS ................................................... 41
REFERENCES ..................................................... 42
LIST OF THE FAMILY NYCTERIBIIDAE ............................... 43
FAMILY NYCTERIBIIDAE ........................................... 47
Subfamily NYCTERIBIINAE ..................................... 50
GENUS NYCTERIBIA ......................................... 50
GENUS STYLIDIA .......................................... 1l6
GENUS BASILIA ........................................... 192
GENUS STEREOMYIA ........................................ 338
GENUS HERSHKOVITZIA ..................................... 345
GENUS PENICILLIDIA ...................................... 352
Subfamily CYCLOPODIINAE .................................... 401
GENUS ARCHINYCTERIBIA ................................... 401
GENUS EUCAMPSIPODA ...................................... 410
GENUS DIPSELIOPODA ...................................... 428
GENUS CYCLOPODIA ........................................ 437
INSUFFICIENTLY DESCRIBED SPECIES ........................... 494
INDEX ......................................................... 497
MAPS OF DISTRIBUTION .......................................... 501
PLATES 1-5 ................................................. at end
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