DIPTERA. 



I.— CATALOGUES. 



C. E. OsTEN Sacken.— Catalogue of the described Diptera of North 

 America. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1858. <Smith- 

 sonian Miscell. Collections, Vol. III. 



C. E. OsTBN Sacken.— Catalogue of the described Diptera of North 

 America. [Second edition.] Washington, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 1878. <Smithsonian Miscell. Collections, 270. 



This completely supersedes the first edition and contains by far more than a 

 synonymical reference list of the North American Diptera. 



II.— GENERAL WORKS ON CLASSIFICATION. 



F. W. Meigen. — Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten euro- 

 paischen zweiflugeligen Insecten. 7 vols. Aachen und Hamm, 

 1818-'38. 



Althongh only dealing with the European fauna and now antiquated and 

 superseded in many parts, this work is still the foundation of the modern 

 classification of Diptera. 



C. E. W. Wiedemann. — ^Aussereuropaische zweiflUgelige Insecten. 

 2 vols. Hamm, 1828-'30. 



A continuation pf Meigen's work, and containing descriptions of many genera 

 and species belonging to the North American fauna. 



J. Macquart. — Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 2 vols, 

 in 5 parts and 5 supplements. Paris, 1838-'o5. 



Contains descriptions of many North A merican genera and species. 



J. E. SCHINER. — Fauna Austriaca. Die Fliegen (Diptera). Nach der 

 analytischen Methode bearbeitet, mit der Characteristik siimmt- 

 licher europaischer Gattungen, der Beschreibung aller in Deutsch- 

 land vorkommenden Arten und der Aufzahlung aller bisher be- 

 schriebenen europaischen Arten. 2 vols., Wien, lS62-'64. 



Although dealing with the European fauna, this work is very useful on ac- 

 cou nt of the analytit;al tables of families and genera. 



H. LoEW AND C. E. Osten-Sacken Monographs of the Diptera of 



North America. (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.) 4 parts. 



Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1862-'72. 



The several monographs will be found enumerated under the respective 



families. 



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