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III.— monographs and synopses. 
Rhopalocera. 
J. A. Boisduval. — Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species general des 
Lepidopteres. Suites a Buffon. Paris, 1836. 
Contains full descriptions of the known species, but extends only from Pa- 
pilio to the end of Terias. 
E. Doubleday and W. C. Hewitson. — The genera of diurnal Lepidop- 
tera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their trans-' 
formations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated, 
with 86 colored plates from drawings by W. C. Hewitson. 2 vols., 
London, 1846- 7 52. 
This work was completed by Westwood after the death of Doubleday. 
S. H. Sc udder. — Butterflies: Their structures, changes, and life-his- 
tories, with special reference to American forms. Being an appli- 
cation of the “Doctrine of descent 77 to the study of Butterflies, with 
an appendix of practical instructions. New York, Henry Holt & 
Co., 1881. 
Carl Ploetz. — Die Hesperiinen-Gatting Hesperia Aut. und ihre 
Arten. <Stettin. entom. Zeit., 1882, pp. 314-341, continued in 
subsequent volumes. 
John B. Smith. — Synopsis of the genera of the North American Rho- 
palocera. <Bull. Brookl. Ent. Soc., Vol. VI, 1883, pp. 37-45. 
A tabular synopsis embracing all North American genera. 
C. H. Fernald. — The Butterflies of Maine. Designed for the use of 
the students in the Maine State College, and the farmers of the 
State. Orono, Me., 1884. 
G. H. French. — The Butterflies of the Eastern United States. For 
the use of classes in Zoology and private students. Philadelphia, 
Lippincott & Co., 1886. 
Gives synopses of the genera and species, and descriptions of the species. 
Brooklyn Entomological Society. — Synopses of Butterflies. 
<Bull. Brooklyn Entom. Sue., Vol. I and subsequent volumes $ con- 
tinued in Entomologiea Americana, Vol. I. 
Synopses of the North American species of Rhopalocera, the later articles 
giving tables of species and bibliography. Not yet completed. 
Samuel H. Scudder. — Comparative tables for the families of Butter- 
flies. <Canad. Entom. Vol. XIX, 1887, No. 11, pp. 201-206. 
W. H. Edwards. — Butterflies of North America. Boston, Houghton, 
Mifflin & Co. 
Two volumes are completed and the third is in course of publication. 
