REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



To the Director of the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station: 



Sir.- — As the Entomological work of the Station has been per- 

 formed (hiring the past year almost entirely by the Assistant Ento- 

 mologist, I have requested him to prepare a I'eport on it, which I 



herewith transmit. 



Yery respectfully yours, 



J. H. COMSTOCK. 



To the Entomologist of the Cornell Unwersity Agricultural Exper- 

 iment Station : 



Sir. — The past year has been an unnsnally busy and interesting 

 one in the Entomological Division of the Station. Several insect 

 pests committed depredations in the State for the iirst time, and a 

 new beneficial insect was found to liave established itself near Ivoch- 

 ester. An increased correspondence resulting largely from the 

 work done in the Bnreau of Xature Study and Farmers' Reading 

 Course, lias occupied much of onr time, but we feel that it is time 

 well spent ; special effort is made to reply to every query quickly 

 and fully. 



Hundreds of new and valuable pictures of insects and their work 

 were made during the year, and the division is now well equipped 

 with lantern slides, manv of them colored from nature, for illus- 

 trating lectures on the economic and popular phases of our work ; 

 the Bureau of Nature Study often find these lantern slides very 

 useful in their work. 



So many new^ or unusual insect pests demanded our attention and 

 other duties were so pressing that we have not yet prepared for 

 publication our extensive investigations on canker-worms and the 

 apple aphis, but we hope to do so during the coming year. 



In September, a very serious pest was found to have invaded the 



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