REPORT OF ENTOMOLOGIST. 



To the Director of the Cornell U^iiversity Agricultural Expet intent 

 Station. 

 Sir : 

 As the Entomological work of the Station has been performed 

 during the past year almost entirely by the Assistant Entomo- 

 logist. I have requested him to prepare a report on it, which I 



herewith transmit. 



Very respectfully 3-ours, 



J. H. COMSTOCK. 



To the Entomologist of the Coriiell University Agricultural Experi- 

 nient Station. 

 Sir :— 



The general plan of the work done by the Entomological 

 Division of the Station during the past year has been the same 

 as in previous years. While fragmentary notes are constantly 

 accumulating on many different kinds of insects, we have aimed 

 to make an exhaustive study of onl}' a few injurious ones. Over 

 600 different insects are now enrolled on our records, and almost 

 every 3^ear some valuable fact is added to our notes regarding 

 each one of these insects. In many cases, like that of the San 

 Jose scale, the Codling-moth, the Army-worm, and others, our 

 notes would fill a large volume in each case. 



Some of the results of our investigations during the past 3^ear 

 w^ere embodied in the following bulletins : 



No. 157. " The Grape-vine Flea-beetle." 



No. 170. " Emergency Report on Tent Caterpillars." 



We have just completed our observations upon tent caterpil- 

 lars which were begun last fall, and expect to submit a more 

 detailed bulletin about these pests during the coming 3^ear. The 

 forest species of these caterpillars has w^rought almost untold 

 devastation in the forests, orchards, and shade tree^ of the east- 

 ern half of the State. Our emergency report upon them was 



