G. A. W. HERRICH-SCHAEFFER.--Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter
aussereuropaeischer Schmetterlinge. Vol. I. Regensburg, 1850-'58; Vol.
II, Pt. 1, 1869.
Contains a classification of the Lepidoptera, which forms the basis
of our present arrangement.
JOHN G. MORRIS.--Synopsis of the described Lepidoptera of North America.
Part I. Diurnal and Crepuscular Lepidoptera. Washington, Smithsonian
Institution, 1862.
Compiled descriptions of the North American Lepidoptera, from the
Rhopalocera to the Bombycidae.
H. STRECKER.--Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres et Heteroceres, indigenous and
exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations. Reading, Pa.,
1872-'77.
Fifteen parts of this work have been published containing figures
and descriptions of many North American species.
JOHN B. SMITH.--An Introduction to a Classification of the North
American Lepidoptera. <Bull. Brookl. Ent. Soc., Vol. VII, 1884, pp.
70-74 and 81-83.
A synopsis of the families of Lepidoptera based on
Herrich-Schaeffer's classification.
---- Synopsis of the Genera of the North American Rhopalocera. <Bull.
Brookl. Ent. Soc, Vol. VI, 1883, pp. 37-45.
E. DOUBLEDAY AND W. C. HEWITSON.--The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera,
comprising their generic characters, a notice of their transformations,
and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated, with 86
colored plates from drawings by W. C. Hewitson. 2 vols., London,
1846-'52.
This work was completed by Westwood after the death of Doubleday.
S. H. SCUDDER.--Butterflies: Their structures, changes, and
life-histories, with special reference to American forms. Being an
application of the "Doctrine of descent" to the study of Butterflies,
with an appendix of practical instructions. 321 pp. and 201 text figs.
New York, Henry Holt & Co., 1881.
---- The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada with
special reference to New England. 3 vols., Cambridge, Mass., 1889;
pp. 1958, plates 59. (Published by the author. Cost about $75 for
3 vols.)
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 description of the
species.
W. H. EDWARDS.--Butterflies of North America. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin
& Co.
Two volumes are completed and the third is in course of
publication.