LEPIDOPTERA. 
L— CATALOGUES AND LISTS. 
J. G. Morris. — Catalogue of the described Lepidoptera of North Amer- 
ica. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1860. 
This is the first catalogue of the North American Lepidoptera, but now greatly 
antiquated and superseded. 
J. W. Weidemeyer. — Catalogue of North American Butterflies. 
<Proc. Entom. Soc. Phil., Vol. II, 1863-’66, pp. 143-154 and 513-542. 
Superseded by subsequent papers. 
A. R. Grote and C. T. Kobinson. — A synonymical catalogue of North 
American Sphingidse, with notes and descriptions. <Proc. Entom. 
Soc. Phil., Vol. V, 1865, pp. 149-193, 3 plates. 
Gives full and complete synonymy, with descriptions of several new genera 
and species. 
A. R. Grote and C. T. Robinson. — List of the Lepidoptera of North 
America. Philadelphia, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1868. 
Contains the Sphingidae, iEgeriidae, Thyridae, Zygaenidae, and Boinbycidae. 
A. R. Grote. — List of the Noctuidse of North America. <Bull. Buffalo 
Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. II, 1874, pp. 1-77. 
The only synonymical and bibliographical catalogue of the North American 
Noctuidae. 
S. H. Scudder. — Synonymic list of the Butterflies of North America, 
north of Mexico. Part I. Nymphales. <Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Hist., 
Vol. II, 1875, pp. 233-269; Part II. Rurales. <L. c., Vol. 111,1876, 
pp. 98-129. 
Contains a very complete synonymy, but its classification has not been adopted 
by subsequent writers. 
W. F. Kirby. — A synonymic catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera. London, 
1871; Supplement, London, 1877. 
A complete synonymical list of the diurnals of the world. 
B. Gerhard. — Systematisches Verzeichniss der Macrolepidopteren 
von Nord-Amerika. Leipzig, 1878. 
Merely a check-list and not reliable. 
H. Strecker. — Butterflies and Moths of North America. Diurnes. 
Reading, Pa., 1878. 
A very complete synonymical and annotated catalogue, with glossary of 
terms and an introductory chapter giving directions for collecting, pre- 
serving, and shipping butterflies. 
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