Mar., 1915.] Entomological WotU in Ohio. 455 



other workers and references to his collections may be found in 

 reports on the Odonata by Kellicott, Diptera by Prof. Jas. S. Hine, 

 Hemiptera by H. Osbom, and in other reports. 



EXPERIMENT STATION ENTOMOLOGY. 



Official Entomological work in Ohio may be considered as 

 having started with the organization of the Experiment Station 

 in 1SS2. While no official entomologist was connected with the 

 Station at this organization it is interesting to note that qmte an 

 extended article was included in the First Annual Report of the 

 Director, Prof. W. R. Lazenby, whose activity in Horticultural 

 and Forestry lines has continued thru many years. The paper 

 on insects in this First Annual Report occupies some twenty-four 

 pages and discusses in general terms the nature of insect injuries 

 and special remedies with discussions on the life history and 

 habits with treatment for insects of the vegetable garden, the fruit 

 garden, orchard and field crops. 



Later reports of the station include references to insect studies, 

 those up to 1886 apparently being under the direction of Prof. 

 Lazenby, altho I understand that he was assisted in this work by 

 Mr. Alwood. 



In 1886, Mr. W. B. Alwood was given the title of Entomologist 

 to the Station, and the Annual Report for the year 1886 includes 

 a quite extensive paper by him. The first part is devoted to 

 "Notes on Insects and Insecticides," and the second section under 

 the title of "Injurious Insects" includes discussions of the better 

 known and more common insects of orchard and garden. This 

 report is in considerable part a compilation from the writings of 

 Riley and other entomologists but includes references to Ohio 

 observations and conditions. It must have served a very excel- 

 lent purpose in furnishing information to the people of the state 

 concerning the insects that are most troublesome here. Mr. 

 Alwood* also reported to the Division of Entomology of the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture certain work on Ohio Insects. 



Mr. Alwood's connection as Entomologist seems to have 

 terminated at the end of the year 1886. The following report of 

 1887 contains no mention of insect work. 



Soon after the reorganization of the Experiment Station under 

 the National Experiment Station Act, Prof. C. M. Weed was ap- 

 pointed as Entomologist to the station, and since that time there 

 has been no year without some official entomological work con- 

 nected with the Ohio Station. Prof. Weed's studies concerned 

 particularly the insects affecting fruits and his experiments and 

 reports upon the remedies of plum curculio marked a distinct 



*Report on Ohio Insects. Bull 13, Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Ag. 1887. 

 Tests with Insecticides on Garden Insects, Bull 13. Div. Ent. U. S. 

 Dept. Ag. 1887. 



