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IIL— SYNOPSES OF FAMILIES OB SUBFAMILIES. 

 PHYSAPODA (THKIPID^). 



A. H. Haliday.— An Epitome of the British genera in the Order 

 Thysanoptera, with indications of a few of the species. <Ento- 

 mol. Mag., Vol. Ill, 1836, pp. 439-451. 



Francis Walker. — List of specimens of Homopterous Insects in the 

 collection of the British Maseum. 5 vols, and 1 vol. Supplement. 

 London, 1850-'58. 



The Physapoda, compiled from Haliday's manuscripts are treated in the sup- 

 plement. 

 These are the only classificatory papers on this family. TSo systematic paper 

 on the North American Physapods has hitherto been published, and only 

 a few species are described by various authors. 



FORFICULID^. 



H. DoHRN. — Versiich einer Monographie der Dermapteren. <Stet- 

 tiner entomol. ZeLt., Vols. XXLV-XXVl, 1863-'65. 

 A monograph of the Forficalidse of the whole world. 



Samuel H. Scuddeb. — Synoptical tables for determining North Amer- 

 ican insects. Orthoptera. U. S. Forflcularise. <Py8che, Vol. I, 

 i876, pp. 177, 178. 



Tabulates thirteen species and gives a list of books useful for the study of 

 the family. 



Samuel H. Scudder. — Brief Synopsis of North American Earwigs, 

 with an appendix on the fossil species. <Bull. U. S. Geol. and 

 Geogr. Surv. Terr., Vol. II, No. 3, 1876, pp. 249-260. 



Samuel H. Scudder, — Critical and historical notes on ForficularisB, 

 including descriptions of new generic forms and an alphabetical 

 synonymic list of the described species. <Proc. Boat. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. July-Oct., 1876, Vol. XVIII, pp. 287-332. 



BLATTID^. 



Henri db Saussure. — Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses prse- 

 liminares). Ser. III. <Eevue et Mag. de Zool., 1862. 



Contains descriptions of new Blattidse, with synoptical arrangement. 



0. Brunner von Wattenwyl — Nouveau syst^me des Blattaires. 

 Vienna, 1865, 426 pp., 13 plates. 



Synoptical arrangement of all described species, with descriptions of many 

 new ones; also bibliography on the family. 



Henri db Saussure.— M61anges Orthopterologiques. 6 fascicules. 

 Geneve, 1863-'78. 



Fascicule II contains the Blattidse. 



0. StIl.— Recherches sur le syst6ine des Blattaires. Stockholm, 1874. 



