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Descriptions of North America Lepidoptera, No. 4.
By Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 322-326, 1864
Grote, A.R., 1864. Descriptions of North America Lepidoptera, No. 4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 322-326.

On the Noctuidae of North America.
By Augustus Radcliffe Grote
6th Annual Report of the Peabody Academy of Sciences, 21-53, 1874
Grote, A.R., 1874. On the Noctuidae of North America. 6th Annual Report of the Peabody Academy of Sciences for the Year 1873, 21-53.

Descriptions of North America Lepidoptera, No. 3.
By Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 73-92, 1864
Grote, A.R., 1864. Descriptions of North America Lepidoptera, No. 3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 73-92.

Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères. Vol. 7. Noctuélites, tome 3.
By Achille Guenée & Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Roret, Paris, 441 pp, 1852
Guenée A. & J.B. Boisduval, 1852. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères. Vol. 7. Noctuélites, tome 3. Roret, Paris, 1-441.

The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia.
By James Edward Smith & John Abbot
J. Edwards, Cadell & Davies, and J. White, London. 2 vols., 214 pp., 104 pl. , 1797
Smith, J.E. & J. Abbot, 1797. The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia. J. Edwards, Cadell & Davies, and J. White, London., vol.1, vol.2.

See Calhoun (2006) below for a contemporary look at the 24 butterflies described in these books and other fun facts about this wonderful work.
Calhoun, J.V., 2006. A glimpse into a "Flora et Entomologia": The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia by J. E. Smith and J. Abbot (1797). [i]Journa

Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera.
By Henry Edwards
Papilio 1(7): , 1881
Edwards, Hy., 1881, Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. Papilio 1(7): 115-121.

New species of Heterocera.
By Henry Edwards
Papilio 2(1): 9-17, 1882
Edwards, Hy., 1882. New species of Heterocera. Papilio 2(1): 9-17.

Notes on certain species of North American Lepidoptera.
By Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 535-542, 1864
Grote, A.R., 1864. Notes on certain species of North American Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 535-542.