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III.—MONOGRAPHS AND SYNOPSES. 
Rhopalocera. 
J. A. BOISDUVAL.—Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Spécies général des 
Lépidoptéres. Suites 4 Buffon. Paris, 1836. 
Contains full. descriptions of the known species, but extends only from Pa- 
pilio to the end of Terias. 
EK. DOUBLEDAY AND W. C. HEwiITson.—The genera of diurnal Lepidop- 
tera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their trans- 
formations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated, 
with 86 colored plates from drawings by W. C. Hewitson. 2 vols., 
London, 184652. 
This work was completed by Westwood after the death of Doubleday. 
S. H. ScuppER.—Butterflies: Their structures, changes, and life-his- 
tories, with special reference to American forms. Being an appli- 
cation of the “ Doctrine of descent” to the study of Butterflies, with 
an appendix of practical instructions. New York, Henry Holt & 
Co., 1881. 
CARL PLOETZ.—Die Hesperiinen-Gatting Hesperia Awt. und ihre 
Arten. <Stettin. entom. Zeit., 1882, pp. 314-344, continued in 
subsequent volumes. 
JOHN B. SmMitH.—Synopsis of the genera of the North American Rho- 
palocera. <Bull. Brookl. Ent. Soc., Vol. VI, 1883, pp. 37-45. 
A tabular synopsis embracing all North American genera. 
C. H. FERNALD.—The Butterflies of Maine. Designed for the use of 
the students in the Maine State College, and the farmers of the 
State. Orono, Me., 1884. 
G. H. FrencuH.—The Butterflies of the Eastern United States. For 
the use of classes in Zoology and private students. Philadelphia, 
Lippincott & Co., 1886. 
Gives synopses of the genera and species, and descriptions of the species. 
BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SocrETy.— Synopses of Butterflies. 
<Bull. Brooklyn Entom. Sve., Vol. I and subsequent volumes; con- 
tinued in Entomologica Americana, Vol. I. 
Synopses of the North American species of Rhopalocera, the later articles 
giving tables of species and bibliography. Not yet completed. 
SAMUEL H. ScUDDER.—Comparative tables for the families of Butter- 
flies. <Canad. Entom. Vol. XIX, 1887, No. 11, pp. 201-206. 
W. H. EpwARpDs.—Butterflies of North America. Boston, Houghton, 
Mifflin & Co. 
Two volumes are completed and the third is in course of publication. 
