No. 21 ] FIFTH BIENNIAL REPORT 21 



F. P. Gulliver's studies of the terraces of the Thames River have 

 added much to our knowledge of some phases of Quaternary 

 history, but are not yet ready for publication. Dr. G. P. Clinton 

 has a bulletin on the Downy Mildews, a group of Fungi very 

 pernicious to agricultural interests, well advanced towards com- 

 pletion. Professor A. E. Verrill has done much work on a bulletin 

 on the Stalk-eyed Crustacea (including a full discussion of the 

 economic relations of the lobster). Dr. W. E. Britton has in 

 hand a third instalment of the Guide to the Insects of Connecticut, 

 relating to the Hemiptera, or bugs and their allies. 



Distribution of the Appropriations 



The expenditures for work which has been completed and for 

 which full payment has been made since the last biennial report, 

 have been as follows : — 



The allotments for work which is still in progress, or for 

 which full payment has not been made, are as follows : — 



Plans for Future Work 

 7. Geology 



It may be said in general that there is need of more detailed 

 study in most parts of the state than has yet been accomplished. 

 The area of the state most thoroughly studied as regards the bed 

 rocks is that of the Triassic. formation. The area where detailed 

 work is most lacking as yet is that of the eastern crystallines. 

 The geological work which has been done in much of eastern 



