REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 1 75 



Station, reported two species of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles 

 piLnctipemiis and A. qiiadrimaculatus, taken at Orono last sum- 

 mer. I am anxious to obtain any data on this subject and should 

 lie pleased to have specimens sent in for identification. The preva- 

 lence of mosquitos around our homes could be greatly reduced 

 "by a little care. The breeding places include stagnant pools, rain 

 liarrels, troughs, old tin cans, etc. If these places are properly 

 looked after much of the annoyance due to these pests would be 

 obviated. 



ASSISTANCE IN THE OFFICE. 



The work in the office increased to such an extent that it was 

 found necessary to secure outside assistance ; so that a clerk was 

 employed for a few months during the summer. The corres- 

 pondence was much larger than during the previous year. The 

 large number of specimens sent in for identification required a 

 great deal of extra time ; the result obtained by so doing was 

 very gratifying, as our efforts were much appreciated by those 

 thus favored. 



It was thought best to prepare some mounts showing the life 

 Tiistories of the brown-tail and gipsy moths to be donated to the 

 normal schools and academies in the infested district. With this 

 in view egg-clusters were collected, caterpillars inflated and 

 moths prepared. These were arranged in Riker mounts and will 

 be sent to the schools with the compliments of the department. 



STATE COLLECTION. 



The nucleus of a State collection has been formed and during 

 the past season many of our most injurious insects were raised 

 in the breeding cages so as to obtain the dififerent stages in order 

 to represent the life histories of such species. The names of 

 voluntary correspondents are being secured from different sec- 

 tions of the State for the purpose of not only securing specimens 

 for the cabinet but for the valuable information which will be 

 obtained for future reports. The life histories of many of our 

 most injurious insects are not fully known. The knowledge of 

 this information and the remedy for their control would be of 

 great value to our farmers and orchardists. 



Many of the specimens sent in were placed in the rearing cages 

 and kept on their food plant until they pupated. Some emerged 



