Insects of Connecticut. The group of Orthoptera treated in 

 the present Bulletin includes insects of great economic impor- 

 tance, the grasshopper and locust being among the worst 

 destroyers of agricultural products. 



The Bulletin on the Triassic fishes of Connecticut is of great 

 scientific value, giving the result of a most thorough study of 

 those interesting fossils, and of the evidence which they afford 

 in regard to the age of the sandstones in the Connecticut 

 Valley. 



The Bulletin on Echinoderms is beautifully illustrated, and 

 will be of great educational value. It deals with one of the 

 most interesting groups of marine animals. In this class is 

 included the starfish, which is of great economic importance by 

 reason of its ravages to the Oyster industry. 



One Bulletin is now in press, and two others have been 

 approved for publication by the Board of Control. These are 

 the following: 



The Birds of Connecticut: by J. H. Sage and L. B. Bishop, assisted 



by W. P. Bliss. 

 Guide to the Insects of Connecticut; prepared under the direction 



of W. E. Britton. Part III. The Hymenoptera of Connecticut: 



by H. L. Viereck. 

 The Peat Deposits of Connecticut: by C. A. Davis. 



The Bulletin on The Birds of Connecticut will be of very 

 great importance both economically and educationally. It 

 contains the results of a vast amount of observation by Messrs. 

 Sage and Bishop, on the occurrence, migrations, and breeding 

 habits of the birds wmich reside in Connecticut, or visit the 

 State periodically or occasionally in their migrations. The 

 chapter on Economic Ornithology will put in clear light the 

 relations of our birds to the agriculture of the State. 



The Bulletin on the Hymenoptera, forming the second 

 instalment of the great work on the Insects of the State, deals 

 with the bees, ants, wasps, ichneumons, gall-flies, and saw- 

 flies. Among these interesting groups are many insects 

 destructive of agricultural products, and others which are 

 agriculturally useful by destroying pernicious insects. 



The Bulletin on our Peat Deposits will include a general 

 treatise on the scientific and economic relations of peat, a 

 special description of the peat bogs of Connecticut, and a 

 record of analyses of a large number of samples of Connecticut 

 peat made in the laboratory of the United States Geological 

 Survey. The economic value of peat has been emphasized by 

 recent investigations of the United States Geological Survey, 

 showing its special fitness for use in the gas-producer. 



The following Bulletins have been accepted for publication, 

 and will be issued as speedily as may be practicable: 



Drainage and Glaciation in the Housatouic Valley: by R. S. Harvey. 

 The Amphipods and Isopods of Connecticut: by B. W. Kunkel. 

 Triassic Life of the Connecticut Vallev: by R. S. Lull. 



