LEPIDOPTERA. 
[.—CATALOGUES AND LISTS. 
J. G. MorRISs.—Catalogue of the described Lepidoptera of North Amer- 
ica. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1860. 
This is the first catalogue of the North American Lepidoptera, but now greatly 
antiquated and superseded. 
J. W. WEIDEMEYER.— Catalogue of North American Butterflies. 
<Proe. Entom. Soe. Phil., Vol. II, 1863-66, pp. 143-154 and 513-542. 
Superseded by subsequent papers. 
A. R. GROTE AND C. T. ROBINSON.—A synonymical catalogue of North 
American Sphingid, with notes and descriptions. <Proc. Entum. 
Soc. Phil., Vol. V, 1865, pp. 149-193, 3 plates. 
Gives full and complete synonymy, with descriptions of several new genera 
and species. 
A. R. GROTE AND C. T. Ropinson.—List of the Lepidoptera of North 
America. Philadelphia, Ainer. Ent. Soc., 1868. 
Contains the Sphinvide, Ageriide, Thyride, Zygenide, and Bombycide. 
A. R. GRoTE.—List of the Noctuide of North America. <Bull. Buffalo 
Soe. Nat. Hist., Vol. II, 1874, pp. 1-77. 
The only synonymical and bibliographical catalogue of the North American 
Noctuide. 
S. H. ScuDDER.—Synonymie list of the Butterflies of North America, 
north of Mexico. PartI. Nymphales. <Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Hist., 
Vol. II, 1875, pp. 233-269; Part Il. Rurales. <J. ¢., Vol. THI, 1876, 
pp. 98-129. 
Contains a very complete synonymy, but its classification has not been adopted 
by subsequent writers. 
W. fF. Kirpy.—A synonymic catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera. London, 
1871; Supplement, London, 1877. 
A complete synonymical list of the diurnals of the world. 
B. GERHARD.—Systematisches Verzeichniss der Macrolepidopteren 
von Nord-Amerika. Leipzig, 1878. 
Merely a check-list and not reliable. 
H. STRECKER.—Butterflies and Moths of North America. Diurnes. 
Reading, Pa., 1878. 
A very complete synonymical and annotated catalogue, with glossary of 
terms and an introductory chapter giving directions for collecting, pre- 
serving, and shipping butterflies. 
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