BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [132] 



COMPREHENSIVE WORKS MOST USEFUL FOR THE STUDY OF NORTH 



AMERICAN INSECTS. 



H. C. C. BURMEISTER. Hamlbuch der Kntomologie. Berlin, 1832-1855. 

 5 yols. 



MANUAL OF ENTOMOLOGY. A translation of the above, by W. E. 

 Shuckard. London, 183(i. 



J. O. WESTWOOD. An introduction to the modern classification of in- 

 sects, founded on the natural habits and corresponding- organization 

 of the different families. 2 vols. London, 1839-'40. 



THOMAS SAY. Complete writings on the Entomology of North Amer- 

 ica ; edited by John L. Le Conte. New York, 1859. 



H. A. HAGEN. Bibliotheca Entomologica. Die Litteratur ilber das 

 gauze Gebiet der Eutoinologie bis zuin Jahre 1862. Leipzig, 1862. 



A. S. PACKARD. Guide to the Study of Insects. Henry Holt & Co., 

 Philadelphia and New York. (First edition, Salem, 1869.) 

 - Entomology for Beginners. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1888. 



THE STANDARD NATURAL HISTORY. Edited by John Sterling Kings- 

 ley. S. E. Cassino & Co., Boston, 1884-'85. 



Volume ii contains the insects, which are treated by the following authors: 

 Hymen optera, J. H. Comstock and. L. 0. Howard; Coleoptera, George 

 Dimmock; Lcphlopteru, H'y Edwards and ( '. H. Feruald; Diptera, S. W. 

 Williston; Orthoptera, C. V. Riley; H<'iii>t< j ra,P. R. Uhlrr; yi'iiropti-ra. 

 A.S.Packard; Aracluiidu, J. H. Emerton. 



J. H. COMSTOCK. An Introduction to Entomology. Published by the 



author. Ithaca, N. Y. 2 parts. Part I, 1888. 

 ALPHEUS HYATT AND J. M. ARMS. Guides for Science Teaching, No. 



in. Insecta. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist. I). C. Heath & Co., Boston. 1*90. 



GENERAL WORKS ON CLASSIFICATION. 

 HYMENOPTERA. 



E. T. CRESSON. Synopsis of the Families and Genera of the Hymenop- 

 tera of America, north of Mexico, together with a Catalogue of the 

 described Species and Bibliography. Transactions Am. Entom. 

 Society, Supplementary volume. 2 parts. Philadelphia, _1887. 



COLEOPTERA. 



JOHN L. LK CONTE AND GEOIIGK H. HORN. Classiiication of the 

 Coleoptera of North America. Prepaied tor the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, iss;;. 



This is the inosl recent and tin- only complete classiticat ion of North Ameri- 

 can ( 'oleoptera. It contains also Appendix II, a "list ol' bibliograph- 

 ical references to memoirs, in which more or Less complete synopses of 

 the families, genera, and species ol' the Coleoptera of the Tinted States 



have lieeli pnlil ished." 



..J. T. LACORDAIRE. Ilistoire natnrelle des Insectes. Genera de> 

 < 'oleopti'res, on expose methodiqne et eritii|iiede tons les genres 

 proi)oses jns(|ii'iei dans eet oi-<lre d'insectes. [Coni])leted by J. 

 Chapnis. | I'aris. l-'rance, 18,">l-187(J. 12 vols. and i vol. plate>. 



