loo ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '03 



in which there is still a great deal of work to be done, and 

 while I have carefully collected and studied the New Jersey 

 forms, on the Pennsylvania side the family has been somewhat 

 neglected. 



The Muscoidea will still yield a great many additional spec- 

 ies ; while in the Tiptilida;^ ChironomidcB, Cecidomyidce and My- 

 cetophilidce , probably only about one-half of the species have 

 been collected. In preparing the catalogue of Diptera, the 

 Chironomids furnished 15 new species and since its publication 

 II more have been discovered, making 26 new species out of a 

 total of 68. An interesting form allied to the Chironomids and 

 which constitutes the family Sterioxenidcs was collected on the 

 New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap. The Mycetophil- 

 idcs show nine new species and one new genus. Prof. Smith 

 has thus far in his investigation of the mosquitos added some 

 16 species to the CulicidcE, two of which were new. 



Equally interesting discoveries have been made throughout 

 the entire order ; while in the geographical distribution of 

 species we are presented with many surprises. I^ast May 

 6th-8th were spent at Atlantic City and vicinity ; among 

 other species is one which Mr. Coquillett has compared with 

 his tj^pe of Canace sfiodgrassi from the Galapagos Islands, and 

 finds that it "agrees perfectly." On August 12th, at Wild- 

 wood I captured two specimens of a West Indian Trypetid, 

 {Euaresta fucata Fab.) We may well say, What next? 



In some of the other orders I can only give in most cases 

 an approximate number of additional species: — Odonata, 10 ; 

 Homoptera and Hemiptera, about 25; Orthoptera,8; Coleoptera 

 about 60 ; Lepidoptera about 40 and Hymenoptera about 50. 



Favored with such an excellent record of the insect fauna 

 of this region, it seems very important that it should be kept 

 up by the different specialists, and as soon as the number of 

 additional species will warrant its publication, the results will 

 be brought together as a supplementary catalogue. 



Regretting that I will soon have to resign from the Social 

 owing to an engagement in another city, I wish to express my 

 thanks to the members for many pleasant hours and for the 

 honor of having been twice chosen as your President. 



