JOURNAL '^^'^ 



OF 



ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



OFFICIAL ORGAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS 



Vol. 3 DECEMBER, 1910 No. 6 



THE NEW ENTOMOLOGICAL BUILDING 



AT THE 

 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



The new entomological building recently completed at the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College is a large and commodious structure. 

 It is placed on the eastern side of the campus, facing the west, and 

 consists of two stories, basement and attic. It is constructed of 

 brick and stone with a steel frame, cement floors and slate roof, and 

 is considered to be entirely fireproof. 



The building is in the form of an H, the cross bar being carried 

 toward the front, thus giving a central building and north and south 

 wings. The central portion in front is devoted to offices, supply 

 rooms, and a library on the second floor. Behind, is an amphi- 

 theater rising from the basement and accommodating about 180 per- 

 sons. Above this, on the second floor is the insect room, 20 by 40 

 feet, and a filing and stenographer's room. The north wing contains 

 the zoological laboratory and a room for microtomy on the first floor, 

 and the senior and graduate entomological laboratories on the second 

 floor. In the south wing are the zoological museum, and three rooms 

 for the entomological work of the Experiment Station, one of which 

 is connected with the greenhouse for experimental work on insects. 

 On the second floor of this wing are the gallery of the museum, an 

 advanced lecture room, accommodating 60 persons, and a graduate 

 laboratory for zoology. In the basement, besides the amphitheater, 

 are rooms for determinative mineralogy and geology, for the rock 

 collection, a pump and apparatus room, an insecticide analysis room, 

 and toilet and fan rooms. In the attic are rooms for photography 

 and developing, a storage room and the janitors' quarters. 



