\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{tab:si4temp}Methods used to estimate the effective temperature scale for the B0.5--1.5 spectral-types.} \small%\centering \par \begin{tabular}{lcl} \hline\hline Spec.\ type& \teff & Method \\ \hline B0.5 V & 27~000 K & Si {\sc iii/iv} ionization balance (6611-012)\\ B1.0 V & 25~000 K & Si {\sc iii/iv} ionization balance (3293-018; 4755-015; 6611-021 and -033)\\ B1.5 V & 22~500 K & Interpolation between B1 V and B2 V \\ B2.0 V & 20~000 K & Average of the effective temperature estimate for 11 stars based on their helium spectra \\ \noalign{\medskip} B1.0 III & 21~500 K & Si {\sc iii/iv} ionization balance (3293-003, -007 and -010) \\ B1.5 III & 20~500 K & Interpolation between B1 III and B2 III \\ B2.0 III & 19~500 K & Average of the effective temperature estimate for 2 stars based on their helium spectra \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table}