COLEOPTERA. 



I.— CATALOG CES AXD CHECK-LISTS. 



F. B. JVlELSHEniER.— Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the 



Uuited States. Revised by S. S. Haldeman and J. L. Le (Jonte. 



Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1853. 



Now antiquated, but still the only reference catalogue of North Americau 

 Coleoptera. 



John L. Le Conte.— List of the Coleoptera of North America. Pre- 

 pared for the Smithsonian Institution. Part I. Washington, 

 Smithsonian Instution, 18G.'3-'66. 



A synony mlcal cheek-list ; incomplete, the second part having never been pub- 

 lished. 



G. E. Ceotch.— Check -list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mex- 



ico. Salem, Mass., Naturalists' Ageucj-, 1873. 



Gemmingee and Haeold. — Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque de- 

 scriptorum synonymicns et systematicus. 12 vols. Munich, 1868- 

 '76. 



A synonymical reference catalogue of the Coleoptera of the whole world. 



E. P. Austin. — Supplement to the Check-list of the Coleoptera of 

 America, north of Mexico. Boston, S. E. Cassiuo, 1880. 



Samuel Henshaw. — List of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mex- 

 ico. Philadelphia, American Entomological Society, 1885. 

 This supersedes all previous lists. 



Samuel Henshaw. — First Supplement to the List of Coleoptera of 

 America, north of Mexico. <Entomologica Americana, Vol. II, 

 1887, pp. 213-220. 



Also issued as separate pamphlet by the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 



II.— GENERAL WORKS ON CLASSIFICATION. 



J. L. Le Conte. — Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. 

 Washington, Smithsonian Institution. Part 1, 1861 ; Part II, 1873, 

 Only completed as far as the Cerambycid»; the rest has never been pub- 

 lished. 



William Le Baeon. — Outlines of Entomology, published in connec- 

 tion with the author's Annual Eeports upon injurious insects. Part 

 first. Including the Order of Coleoptera. Fourth Annual Eeport 

 on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois. Sep. 

 Edit. Springfield, 1874. 



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