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two not yet identified species, which probably include about 

 all that occur in the State. This order, the Coleoptera, has 

 been more thoroughly explored in a general way than any 

 other of the large orders. In all, one thousand and eight 

 species of Coleoptera are now recorded in our lists from the 

 State. 



The order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Scale-insects and Plant- 

 lice) has been gone over in a preliminary way, but not in 

 detail as yet. In this order, the family Coccidae or Scale- 

 insects, which includes such important economic forms as the 

 Scurfy Scale, the Oyster-shell Scale and the San Jose Scale, 

 is now known to be represented by not less than thirty-two 

 species. 



Among the Neuropteroid insects (excluding Odonata 

 already mentioned) some work has been done and a few quite 

 rare forms have come to light, among these being Panorpa 

 rufa, Gray, previously known by only one specimen from 

 Georgia in an English Museum from which the species had 

 been described. Our specimen was taken at Wilmington on 

 Christmas day, 1902. 



The entire list of true insects thus far known to occur in 

 North Carolina as shown by our records includes one thousand 

 seven hundred and ninety-seven species. A number of other 

 species have been collected but not yet identified; 



As an incentive to others who may feel an interest in work 

 of this kind it may be stated that there yet remain whole 

 groups of insects in which little or nothing has been done, 

 and many unknown and interesting secrets await the investi- 

 gation of the patient, industrious, persistent collector. 



