REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Entomology, 

 Wasliington, D. C, September 12, 1900. 

 Sir: I submit herewith an executive report covering operations in 

 tlie Division of Entomology for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1000, 

 dividing it, in accordance with the directions contained in your cir- 

 cular letter of July 2, into the following sections: 



(1) A brief report of the operations carried on during the fiscal 

 year 1900. 



(2) An outline of proposed work for the fiscal year 1901, under the 

 appropriations already made for that year. 



(3) Suggestions as to work for the fiscal year 1902, for use in j)re- 

 paring estimates. 



Respectfully, 



L. O. Howard, 



E)it()in()logist. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



WORK OF THE YEAR. 



The amount appropriated by Congi'ess for entomological investiga- 

 tions (aside froui salaries appropriated for by the statutory roll) was 

 820,000. Of this amount there was expended the sum of $19,899.31, 

 leaving an unexpended balance covered into the Treasury of $100.69. 

 The main items of expense maj' be grouped as follows: Salaries of 

 investigators and other emploj'ees, stationed for the most part in 

 Washington, D. C, 816,181.01; miscellaneous office supplies and 

 expenses, -Si, 708. 92; traveling expenses, $1,740.62; illustrations, 

 6268.76. Of the salaries for emi3loyees, the amount expended for 

 scientific assistants has been $11,941.01, and for clerical and other 

 assistants, 84,240. 



The work of the Division maj'^ be classified, as in former years, 

 under the following heads : 



(a) Investigations upon specific injurious insects or groups of 

 insects. 



(6) Experimental Avork with remedies. 



(r) Determination of specimens sent in h\ the entomologists of the 

 State experiment stations and by other workers. 



(f/) General investigations of the life histories of injurious insects. 



(e) Work on the geographic distribution of the injurious insects of 

 the United States. 



(/) Bibliographic work. 



{g) Preparation of circulars of information. 



(7?) Corresijondence. 



{i) Work upon the exhibit of insects for the Paris Exposition. 



(j) Work in apiculture. 



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