REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST IO5 



in the State of New York. In a considerable collection subsequently 

 submitted by me to Mr. Calvert for his examination, four additional 

 species were found. Besides these, there are twelve other species 

 known to me to belong to the State Fauna, making the entire num- 

 ber at present as loi. No special effort for the collection of these 

 insects, so far as known to me, beyond that of Mr. Nathan Banks, 

 upon Long Island and the vicinity, has been made within our State. 

 Whenever done, the present list will undoubtedly be largely increased. 

 The entire number of species credited to Temperate North America, 

 in the Banks Catalogue of 1892 is 254. 



The assistant employed by me at the time of my last report. Miss 

 R. L. Davis, resigned her position pn July ist, that, as Mrs. C. P. 

 Lounsbury, she might accompany her husband to the Cape Colony, 

 South Africa, where he had been called to serve as State Entomolo- 

 gist. It was a gratification to our Entomologists that one of their 

 number should be selected for so honorable a position in a British 

 Colony, but it is simply a recognition of the advance that has been 

 made in economic entomology in the United States beyond that of 

 any of the older countries of the world. 



Mr, E. P. Felt having been selected to succeed Miss Davis, entered 

 upon his labors as my assistant in September. His previous studies 

 in entomology under Professor Fernald at the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College and in several of the departments of Zoology in a 

 post-graduate course at Cornell University, together with other special 

 qualifications, have, it is believed, eminently fitted him for his work, 

 and valuable aid is expected from his services. 



The principal publication of the Entomologist during the year was 

 the "Bulletin of the New York State Museum, (vol. 3, No. 13, 

 April, 1895) — The San Jose Scale — Insects of the State of Xew 

 York," (50 pages and seven plates,) which has been previously referred 

 to. The usual list of publications of the Entomologist for the year, 

 together with abstracts of the same, comprising 50 titles is given in 

 the Appendix. 



