III. — SYNOPSES OF FAMILIES OR SUBFAMILIES. 
PHYSAPODA (THRIPID^E). 
A. H. Haliday. — An Epitome of the British genera in the Order 
Thysanoptera, with indications of a few of the species. <Ento- 
mol. Mag., Yol. Ill, 1836, pp. 439-451. 
Francis Walker. — List of specimens of Homopterous Insects in the 
collection of the British Museum. 5 vols. and 1 vol. Supplement. 
London, 1850-’58. 
The Physapoda, compiled from Haliday’s manuscripts are treated in the sup- 
plement. 
These are the only classificatory papers on this family. No systematic paper 
on the North American Physapods has hitherto been published, and only 
a few species are described by various authors. 
FORFICULIDiE. 
H. Dohrn. — Versuch einer Monographic dcr Dermapteren. <Stet- 
tiner entomol. Zeit., Yols. XX1Y-XXYI, 1863-’65. 
A monograph of the Forliculidse of the whole world. 
Samuel H. Scudder. — Synoptical tables for determining North Amer- 
ican insects. Orthoptera. U. S. Forficularise. <Pysche, Yol. I, 
1876, pp. 177, 178. 
Tabulates thirteen species and gives a list of books useful for the study of 
the family. 
Samuel EL Scudder. — Brief Synopsis of North American Earwigs, 
with an appendix on the fossil species. <Bull. U. S. Geol. and 
Geogr. Surv. Terr., Yol. II, No. 3, 1876, pp. 249-260. 
Samuel H. Scudder. — Critical and historical notes on Forficularise, 
including descriptions of new generic forms and an alphabetical 
synonymic list of the described species. <Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 
Hist. Julv-Oct., 1876, Yol. XYIII, pp. 287-332. 
BLATTIDJE. 
Henri de Saussure. — Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses prse- 
liminares). Ser. III. <Revue et Mag. de Zool., 1862. 
Contains descr iptions of new Blattidse, with synoptical arrangement. 
G. Brunner yon Wattenwyl. — Nouveau systeme des Blattaires. 
Vienna, 1865, 426 pp., 13 plates. 
Synoptical arrangement of all described species, with descriptions of many 
new ones; also bibliography on the family. 
Henri de Saussure. — Melanges Orthopterologiques. 6 fascicules. 
Geneve, 1863-’78. 
Fascicule II contains the Blattidse. 
C. Stal. — Recherches sur le systeme des Blattaires. Stockholm, 1874. 
