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The reports of delegates being iu order, Mr. Miles reported 

 upon the Middlesex North ; Mr. Goodman (read by the Sec- 

 retary) upon the Middlesex South ; Mr. Brown upon the 

 Worcester South ; Mr. Allis upon the Hampshire, Franklin 

 and Hampden ; Mr. Hyde upon the Middlesex ; Mr. Sturte- 

 vant upon the Hampshire ; Mr. Allis upon the Deerfield Val- 

 ley ; Mr. Stone upon the Berkshire ; Mr. Allis upon the 

 Highland ; Mr. Root upon the Hampden East ; Mr. Knowlton 

 upon the Union ; Mr. Hubbard upon the Hoosac Valley ; Mr. 

 Stone upon the Norfolk ; Mr. Slade upon the Plymouth ; 

 Mr. Hadwen upon the Marshfield ; Mr. Clark upon the Mar- 

 tha's Vineyard, and Mr. Myrick (read by the Secretary) upon 

 the Barnstable. 



These reports were laid over under the rule for a second 

 reading and action. 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the chair 

 to consider and report a list of subjects for investigation and 

 essays. Messrs. Stockbridge, Hubbard and Sturtevant. 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the chair 

 to consider and report upon the time and place of holding the 

 country meeting of the Board. Messrs. Stoue, Hadwen and 

 Root. 



Dr. LoEixG presented the following, — 



THIRD ANNUAL EEPORT ON THE INJURIOUS AND 

 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF INSECTS. 



By a. S. Packard, Jr., M. D., 



Entomologist to the State Board of Agriculture. 



Though the reporter was absent during most of the past 

 season, and was unable, except in a slight degree, to make 

 any special investigations on the habits of our more injuri- 

 ous insects, yet with the help of others some new material is 

 here offered that may be serviceable to farmers and gar- 

 deners. The facts that we have to present may often seem 

 disconnected and desultory, but few except experts in natural 

 history are perhaps aware how difficult and prolonged a task 

 it is to follow out the transformations of any particular insect, 

 and study thoroughly its habits in its different stages of 

 growth. Unlike birds, quadrupeds and fishes, which have 



