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in the transactions of the society. In 1873. through an appropriation by the State legis- 

 lature, provision was madn for the revision and republication of the reports, and the 

 revision was completed by Dr. Fitch. The resolution for printinc;, however, failed of the 

 concurrence of the senate, and since that time the manuscript has been lost. 



The value of Dr. Fitch's labors has been very great. In his fourteen reports the 

 great majority of the injurious insects of the Stale of New York received more or less 

 detailed consideration, and in the majority of cases the life histories of the insects treated 

 were worked out with great care and detail. The remedial measures .suggf^sted by Dr. 

 Fitch have, however, Vieen largely improved upon, and the practical value of these reports 

 to day rests almost entirely upon the life-history side. 



From the time of the publication of Dr. Fitch's last report, in 1872, the State of 

 New York did nothing for the encouragement of economic entomology until 1881, when 

 the legislature, on April 14, passed an act to provide for the appointment of a state 

 entomologist. The law roads as follows : 

 No. 316.] Senate of Nkw York, 



In Senate, April 1/f, 1881. 



I«troduce<i bj' Mr. Fowler ;' read twice and reft^rred to the corrimittetron finance ; reported favorably from 



said committee and committed to the committee of the whole. 



AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a state entomolog^ist and fixing his comijensation. 



The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows : 



Section 1. There shall be appointed, by the governor, a state entomologist, who shall be charged with 

 the studj' of insects injurious to agriculture and of methods for controlling and preventing their depredations. 



P. 2. The salary of the entomologist shall be two thousand dollars, and he shall render an annual report of 

 his laV)ors and investigations to the legislature and shall arrange for the state museum of natural history a 

 •oJlection of insects taken in the course of his investigations. 



P. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. 



(Senate No. 31(i). (I. 520, G. O. 391). 



(Chap. 377 of the Laws of 1881. Passed May 26, 1881, three fifths being present.) 



The movement which resulted in the passing of this law was started by the regents of 

 ihe University of the State of New York at their annual meeting in 1877, and the person 

 appointed to fill the office was Dr. J. A Lintner, a well-known worker in entomology, 

 who, up to that time, had been connected with the State Laboratory of Natural History. 

 Dr. Lintner has held office continuously since 1881. He brought to bear upon his duties 

 a ripe experience and a mind trained in scientific methods. He has published nine 

 reports, the last one covering the year 1892, and only recently distributed. These reports 

 are in many respects models. The great care and thoroughness of the author have hardly 

 been equalled by any other writer upon economic entomology. The form of the reports 

 is most admirable, and the account of each insect forms almost invariably a complete com- 

 pendium of our knowledge concerning it down to the date of publication. His accounts are 

 also arranged in the most convenient form for reference, a full bibliography precedes the 

 sonsifleration of each species, and the frequent subheadings enable the most practical use 

 of the report. The reports are replete with sound and ingenious practical suggestions, 

 and are written in a straightforward, simple style, which possesses great literary merit. 

 They abound in illustrations, and are made available by most complete indices and tables 

 of contents. Aside from these reports. Dr. Lintner has published a great deal in the 

 newspapers, particularly the " Country (xentleman," on the subject of economic entomology, 

 and another valuable feature of his re()orts is the comprehensive list which he publishes 

 each year of his unofficial writings. 



The Oornell Univensity Agricultural Experiment Station was established by the auth- 

 orities of the university in 1879, and its first annual report contained a series of miscellane- 

 ous entomological observations bv the acting professor of entomology Dr. W. S. Barnard. 

 The second report, issued in 1883, contained an elaborate monograph of the Diaspinte by 

 Prof. J. H. Comstock, and an im|)ortant article on the Tineidu' infesting apple trees by 

 Mr. A. E. Brunn, a student of the Department of Entomology. With the establishment 



