PUBLISHED SYNOPSES, CATALOGUES, AND LISTS OF NORTH 
AMERICAN INSECTS. 
COMPREHENSIVE WORKS MOST USEFUL FOR THE STUDY OF 
NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS. 
H. 0. 0. Burmeister. — HandbucU der Entomologie. Berlin, 1832-’55. 
5 vols. Vol. I. Allgemeine Entomologie. 
The first volume treats of general entomology; Vol. II, part 1, of the Hemip- 
tera; part 2, of Orthoptera; the remaining volumes of Coleoptera. 
The first volume has been translated by W. E. Shuckard, under the title: 
Manual of Entomology. 1 vol. London, 1836. 
J. O. Westwood. — An introduction to the modern classification of in- 
sects, fouuded on the natural habits and corresponding organiza- 
tion of the different families. 2 vols. London, 1839-MO. 
Thomas Say. — Complete writings on the Entomology of North America 5 
edited by John L. Le Conte. New York, 1859. 
H. A. Hagen. — Bibliotheca Entomologica. Die Litteratur fiber das 
gauze 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. Many editions. (First edition, Sa- 
lem, 1869.) 
The Standard Natural History. Edited by John Sterling Kings- 
ley. Boston, S. E. Cassino & Co., 1884-’85. 
Volume II contains the insects, which are treated by the following authors : 
Hijmenoptera , J. H. Comstock aud L. O. Howard; Coleoptera, Geo. Dim- 
mock; Lepidoptera, H’y Edwards and C. II. Fernald ; Diptera, S. W. Wil- 
liston ; Orthoptera, C. V. Riley; Hemiptera, P. R. Uhler; Neuroptera, A. 
S. Packard; Arachnida, J. H. Emerton. 
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