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COMPREHENSIVE WORKS MOST USEFUL, FOR THE STUDY OF NORTH 



AMERICAN INSECTS. 



H. 0. C. BURMBISTER. — Hanclbucli der Entomologie. Berlin, 1832-1855. 

 5 vols. 



Manual of Entomolog-y, — A translation of tlie above, by W. E. 

 Shuckard. London, 1836. 



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. IS'ew York, 1859. 



H. A. Hagen. — Bibliotheca Entomologica. Die Litteratur iiber das 

 ganze Gebiet der Entomologie bis zum 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, wMch. are treated by the following authors ; 

 Hymenoptera, J. H. Comstock and L. O. Howard; Coleoptera, George 

 Dimmock; Lepidoptera, H'y Edwards and C. H. Fernald; Diptera, S. W. 

 Williston; Ortlioptera, C.V. Riley; Memiptera,V. E. Uhler; Neuroptera, 

 A. S. Packard; Araclmida, 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. 



III. Insecta. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist. D. C. Heath & Co., Boston,1890. 



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. Le Conte and George H. Horn. — Classification of the 

 Coleoptera of North America. Prepared for the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1883. 



This is the most recent and the only complete classification of North Ameri- 

 can Coleoptera. It contains also Api^endix ii, a " list of bibliograph- 

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

 the families, genera, and species of the Coleoptera of the United States 

 have been published." 



J. T. Lacordaire. — Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des 

 Coleopteres, ou expose m^thodique et critique de tons les genres 

 proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. [Completed by J. 

 Chapuis.] Paris, France, 1854-1876. 12 vols, and i vol. plates. 



