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Kirby, 
1837. Fauna borealis americana. [Established, Yol. IV, p. 78, a new species- (Dineutes assimilis), 
now regarded by the best authorities as a synonym of Dineutes americanus Say.] 
Lacordaire, Th. 
1854. Histoire naturelle des insectee. Tome 1. Paris. [Beetle genera, pp. 443-475.] 
Laker, Abbott. 
1881. The cocoons of Hydrophilus piceus and Hydrobius fuscipes. The Entomologist, vol. 14, pp. 
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Lameere, A. 
1899. Discours sur la raison d’etre des metamorphoses chez les insectes. Annales, Socidtd Ento- 
mologique de Belgique, T. 43, pp. 619-636. Bruxelles. 
1900. Notes pour la classification des Col4opt£ree. Ibid., T. 44, pp. 365-366. 
1903. Nouvelles notes pour la classification des Col4opt£res. Ibid., T. 47, pp. 155-165. 
Lampert, Kurt. 
1910. Das Leben der Binnengewasser. Berlin. [Included the water beetles.] 
Latreille, Pierre Andre. 
1802. Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des Crustac4s et des insectes. Tome 11. Paris. 
[Contained the water beetles.] 
Leach, William Elford. 
1814-1817. The Zoological Miscellany. 3 vols. London. [Contains the classification of insects.] 
Leconte, John L. 
1855. Synopsis of the Hydrophilidae of the United States. Proceedings, Academy of Natural 
Sciences, Philadelphia, Vol. VII, 1854, 1855 (1856), pp. 356-375. Philadelphia. 
1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America, Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous 
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1862. Idem. Ibid., pp. 209-286. 
1863. New species of North American Coleoptera, Part I. Ibid., Vol. VI (1867), No. 167, 86 pp. 
Leconte, John L.,and George H. Horn. 
1883. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 
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Leng, Charles W. 
1888. Water beetles of Staten Island. Proceedings, Staten Island Association, April 14, 1888. 
New York. 
1889. Hydrophilus of Staten Island. Ibid., January, 1889. 
1913. Aquatic Coleoptera. Journal, New York Entomological Society, Vol. XXI, pp. 32-42. 
New York. [Discussed modifications of structure and vestiture by which water beetles 
are adapted to their aquatic life.] 
1913a. Dytiscus flying in January. Ibid., p. 160. 
Leng, Charles W., and Andrew J. Mutchler. 
1918. Insects of Florida. V. The water beetles. Bulletin, American Museum of Natural His- 
tory, Vol. XXXVIII, pp. 73-116, 2 figs. New York. [Regarded Thermonectes omati- 
collis as a variety of T. basilaris and not as a separate species.] 
Linne, C. voN. 
1758. Caroli Linnsei. * * *. Systema naturae. * * *. 10th ed. Tome I. Holmise. 
1759. Idem. Tome II. 
Lintner, J. A. 
1878. Report on the insects and other animal forms of Caledonia Creek, N. Y. Appendix, Tenth 
Annual Report, Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of New York for 1877 (1878), 
pp. 12-36. [Included water beetles.] 
Lowne, B. T. 
1871. On the so-called suckers of Dytiscus and the pulvilli of insects. The Monthly Microscopical 
Journal: Transactions, Royal Microscopical Society, Vol. V, pp. 267-271, PI. LXXXIX. 
London. [Gave a detailed account of the structure of the anterior tarsus of the male 
Dytiscus and called attention to the viscid secretion discharged by the cupules, which 
greatly increases their adhesion.] 
