122 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



be addressed exactly alike, and tlie package of specimens should be marked witli the 

 sender's name and address iinariably. Failure to iise this simple rule has lead to 

 more disappointment and trouble than would be supposed. Rarely does a week pass 

 when we do not receive specimens without letters, or letters without specimens which 

 are said to have been sent: and it is no uncommon thinp during the height of the 

 seasoH to receive half a dozen ]>aekages by the same mail and to be unable to decide 

 which are the insects referred to in letters received at the same time. Always send 

 insects alive if possible, b\it send in strong, tight boxes — insects need no air-holes 

 whatever. Never try to kill scale insects or others by dipping in kerosene or other 

 insecticide before mailing. Always state definitely what harm, if any, the insect is 

 supposed to be doing, and whether it is abundant or scarce. 



Sixteen of the twenty illustrations for this bulletin were prepared expressly for it 

 bj' Mr. R. H. Pettit, the Assistant Entomologist of the Station, and their accuracy and 

 beauty leaves little to be desired. The remaining cuts have been taken from trust- 

 worthy sources and proper credit given. The bulk of the text has been written by Mr. 

 Pettit, and it is believed that the whole forms a valuable addition to our knowledge 

 of the insects of the State. 



We should be glad to receive further notes on any of the species mentioned, and 



particularly personal experiments with anj^ of the injurious forms and their supposed 



remedies. 



WALTER B. BARROWS, 



Consulting Zoologist. 



