This Report wpon the present state of knowledge of the 

 Orthoptera of North America and the West Indies, has been 

 prepared by Mr. S. H. Sciidder, at the request of this Institu- 

 tion. The work is designed to call attention to a miich neg- 

 lected order of our insects, and to facilitate their study by tlie 

 student of Entomology. 



The Institution proposes at some future time, to publish 

 Monographs of the Orthoptera of this Country, and, in \iew of 

 this, would be pleased to receive specimens froni any quarter 

 wliich may serve as material for investigation. 



JOSEPH HENRY, 



Secretary S. I. 



Accepted for Publication, July, 1867. 



