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State (Museum bulletin 46), Aquatic Insects of the Adirondacks 

 (Museum bulletin 47), 17th Report of the State Entomologist 

 (Museum bulletin 53), and the Elm leaf Beetle in New York State 

 (Museum bulletin 57). The former two, as stated in our previous 

 report, were practically completed at the end of last year. The 

 bulletin on the elm leaf beetle is an extended and revised edition 

 of Museum bulletin 20, and was issued on account of the great 

 demand for information concerni-ng this serious j^est of our elms. 

 In addition to the above, the entomologist contributed an impor- 

 ant paper on Aquatic Insects of the Saranac Region in the sixth 

 annual report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, and 

 one on shade tree pests for the report of the Colorado State 

 Board of Horticulture for 1901. 



Other important publications which are either in the printer's 

 hands or practically completed are as follows: Aquatic Insects 

 in Neio York State, which is a second report by Dr Needham 

 and his associates, and treats largely of the damsel flies, 

 Odonata-Zygoptera, the insect food of the brook trout, 

 certain aquatic beetles (Donacia), some midges (Chirono- 

 midae), a group of much importance as food for fishes, and 

 the Neuropterus family, S i a 1 i d a e ; the bulletin on the grape- 

 vine root worm, comprising a detailed account of this very 

 injurious species, with special reference to its control, a publica- 

 tion of 30 pages; a monograph of the genus Saperda, which 

 includes some of our most destructive wood borers, has been 

 prepared by the entomologist in association with Mr L. H. Joutel 

 of New York, and will form a small bulletin of about 40 pages, 

 illustrated by seven colored plates; and the memoir on insects 

 injurious to forest and shade trees, an extensive publication 

 illustrated by many half tone and 16 colored plates, treating 

 specially of those forms which are destructive to shade trees. 



Collections of insects. Large additions to the State collections 

 have been made during the past season. The systematic collect- 

 ing at Karner begun last year was continued thi*oughout the 

 present season, and many interesting forms infesting various 

 forest trees were secured. My second assistant, Mr D. B. Young, 

 spent 10 days collecting at Newport N. Y., where the fauna is 

 exceptionally rich, but, owing to continued unfavorable weather, 

 the results were not all that were expected. Considerable pro- 



