76 JoUKNAIi OF THE MiTCHELL, SoCIETY [AugUSt 



1. Roaches, Crickets, Katydids, Grasshoppers, etc., Orthoptera. 



2. Cicadas, Scales, Plant-Hce, Squash-bug, Electric-light bug, and re- 

 latives, Hemiptera. 



3. Dragon-flies, May-flies, Stone-flies, etc., Neuroptera. 



4. Moths and Butterflies, Lepidoptera. 



5. House-fly, Mosquitoes, Gnats, and relatives, Diptera. 



6. Beetles, hard-shelled, with wing-covers meeting straight down 

 back, Coleoptera. 



7. Ants, Bees and Wasps, Hymenoptera. 



(1) The first group is decidedly the smallest in number 

 of species and is one of the easiest to collect and study owing 

 to the average large size of the insects, and the ease with which 

 many of them can be collected. The group is of some active, 

 and great potential, economic importance. Owing to 'the fact 

 that few if any of our species ever indulge in long sustained 

 flight or migrations, they are good subjects for the study of 

 distribution. For all these reasons the group has received some 

 special attention. 



The recorded state fauna in this group, includes approxi- 

 mately 160 species. Analyzing our card-catalogue data, we find 

 that these records are drawn from exactly 102 post office locali- 

 ties, counting distinct mountain peaks as localities. But that 

 many of these are merely isolated, scattering records is shown 

 by the fact that only eighteen localities are credited with 15 or 

 more species, only nine show more than 25, while only two 

 show more than 50 species. Raleigh, with 115 species is the 

 only locality whose species are at all fully recorded. Asheville 

 comes next with about half of its probable forms listed. South- 

 ern Pines, Waynesville, Blowing Rock and Wilmington have 

 enough records to give a fair idea of their characteristic forms, 

 but in all of these, save possibly Raleigh, a large share of the 

 smaller and rarer forms still awaits discovery by the careful 

 student of distribution. So while the list of species for the state 

 as a whole is fairly complete we are much lacking in data as 

 to the exact range of the species within the state as well as the 

 exact seasons during which they may be found. And to my 

 mind the listing of our fauna, to be at all comjDlete, should not 

 only include the species occurring but also show their geogra- 

 phical and seasonal distribution. A list of species if at all com- 



