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There is still much work to be done before we can form any very- 

 accurate estimate of the insect fauna of our own State. Certain 

 portions have been fairly well worked and a few faunal papers have 

 been published giving the results of such work. Of the hemipterous 

 fauna even less is known than of some of the other insect orders. 

 Four papers on the New York hemipterous fauna have appeared: 

 Fitch's Catalogue of the Homopterous Insects in the New York State 

 Cabinet of Natural History, published in 185 1 ; my own List of the 

 Hemiptera of Buffalo and Vicinity, published in the bulletin of 

 'the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1894, v. 5; Dr Southwick's 

 Notes on Local [New York city] Jassidae, Bythoscopidae, Cercop- 

 idae, Membracidae, and Fulgoridae published in volume 19 of 

 Science; and lastly the few hemiptera included in the list of insects 

 taken in the Adirondack mountains by Prof. A. D. MacGillivray 

 and C. O. Houghton, in volumes 13 and 14 of Entomological News. 

 Dr Fitch's paper is one of the most valuable contributions to our 

 knowledge of the North American Homoptera and is indispensable 

 to the student on account of the many new species described. 

 My own paper lists 381 species and does not include the Psyllidae, 

 Aphididae or Coccidae. 



A few lists of Hemiptera from regions adjacent to New York 

 State have been published and will be useful by way of comparison 

 with our own fauna. Among these may be mentioned the following: 

 Harris. List of Insects. Hitchcock's Report on the Geology, 

 Mineralogy, Botany and Zoology of Massachusetts, 1835. ed. 3. 

 Rathvon. List of Insects. Mombert's History of Lancaster 

 Co., Pa. 1869. 



Provancher. Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada. 1886-90. 

 V. 3, Les Hemipteres. 



Van Duzee. List of Hemiptera from the Muskoka Lake District, 

 Canada. Can. Ent. 1889, v. 21. 



Smith. Catalogue of the Insects found in New Jersey. 1900. ed.2. 

 Harrington. Fauna Ottawaensis, Hemiptera. Ottawa Nat. 1892. 

 V. 6; 1894. V. 8. 



Slosson, Lists of Insects Taken in the Alpine Region of Mt 

 Washington. Ent. News. 1894. v. 5 ; sup. in subsequent vol- 

 umes. 



Osbom. List of the Hemiptera of Ohio. 



Published quite recently. I have not yet seen this paper but understand 

 that it is a preliminary list merely.^ 



1 Since this paper was prepared a Prelirmnary List of the Hemtptera of 

 Western Pennsylvania by P. M. Wirtner has appeared in v. 3, no. i, of the 

 Annals of the Carn",gie Museum. This list enumerates 416 species and is 

 well up todate in its nomenclature. It is the best local list of the North 

 American Hemiptera that has yet appeared so far as I am aware. 



