COLEOPTERA. 
I.— CATALOGUES AND CHECK-LISTS. 
F. E. Melsheimer. — Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of the 
United States. Revised by S. S. Haldeman and J. L. Le Conte. 
Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1853. 
Now antiquated, but still the only reference catalogue of North American 
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- 7 66. 
A synonymical check-list ; incomplete, the second part having never been pub- 
lished. 
G. R. Crotch. — Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mex- 
ico. Salem, Mass., Naturalists 7 Agency, 1873. 
Gemminger and Harold. — Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque de- 
scriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. 12 vols. Munich, 1868- 
7 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. Cassino, 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 5 Part II, 1873. 
Only completed as far as the Cerambycidie ; the rest has never been pub- 
lished. 
William Le Baron. — Outlines of Entomology, published in connec- 
tion with the authors Annual Reports upon injurious insects. Part 
first. Including the Order of Coleoptera. Fourth Annual Report 
on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois. Sep. 
Edit. Springfield, 1874. 
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