TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAf5E. 



INTJ?ODUCTORY 101 



Transmittal, 101. Work of the Department, 101. The San Jos6 

 Scale, 101. Its recent introduction, 101. Proposed legislation for 

 its arrest, 102. It may not extend over all of New York, 102. Bulle- 

 tin relating to it, 102. The elm-leaf beetle in Albany, 102. Benefit that 

 may result from its ravages, 103. Arrangement and classification of the 

 State collection, 103. Work upon the Andrenidae and Apidse, 103. 

 Study oi Bomius and Psithyrus, 104. The Odonata of the State of New 

 York, 104. Assistants employed, 105. The publications of the Ento- 

 mologist, 105. The collections made in the Adirondacks, 106. Unusual 

 abundance of some insects, 106. The small number of Lepidoptera at- 

 tracted to light, 106. Scarcity of Cicindelidse, Coceinellida}, Syrphidse, 

 etc., 106. Contributions to the Department, 107. Acknowledgment to 

 the Board of Regents for their aid, 107. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS 109 



MoxoMORiUM Pharaonis, the Little Red Ant 109 



Bibliography, 109. A household pest in foods, 110. An European Insect, 

 110. Long known as ilfi/rmtcamoiesto, 110. Its description, 110. Figures 

 of the insect, 111. The male and female rarely seen, 111. An annoyance 

 from its ubiquity, HI. When accidentally eaten not unpalatable. 111. 

 Its sting. 111. Attracted to almost everything in the house. 111. Per- 

 sistent in search of food, 111. Where their nests are made, 111. Small 

 quantity of food consumed, 112. Other insects eaten by them, 112. Its 

 injuries to young blades of corn in gardens and fields, 112. Its service 

 in destroying bed-bugs, 112. Numbers occurring in a nest, 112. When 

 the sexes and neuters appear, 112. Pairing»f the sexes, 113. Wonder- 

 ful prolificacy of the species, 113. Camponotus hercidaneus, also a house- 

 hold pest, 113. May overrun rooms and infest clothing, 113. Two other 

 pests that are often troublesome in houses, 113. How to kill them when 

 their nests can be reached, 113. Nests of the little red ant often in the 

 walls or foundations of buildings, 114. Can then best be killed by 

 attracting to baits, 114. Baits that may be used, 114. Repellants 

 for preventing their entrance into houses, 114. May be killed by pyreth- 



