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would give no sort of conception of the actual fauna. In such cases 

 species that are known to occur in the general faunal region to which 

 New Jersey belongs have been included, and as a rule the distribution 

 of such insects, as recorded in the books, has been given. 



Very great care has been exercised in getting accurate determin- 

 ations in all orders, and doubtful records in the previous edition have 

 been verified so far as possible ; but it is probable that some errors yet 

 remain and others may have crept in anew. 



Concerning the sequence of species in the orders, that is not quite 

 as variable as in the previous list, most of them being now catalogued 

 from the highest to the lowest ; but in some instances the last word 

 on the subject is yet a long way off. 



I have credited almost every record received, and all not so credited 

 should be charged to me. The collections made for the college and 

 experiment station at New Brunswick are now very fair, and many 

 localities credited to others could have been supplied from them; but 

 I have preferred throughout to add on my own authority only such 

 data as was additional or supplementary to that furnished by others. 

 All the economic notes and suggestions are my own. 



Finally it is hoped that a very much more useful work than that 

 prepared in 1 889 at the request of the late Dr. George H. Cook has 

 been produced. 



