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US reason to hope that perhaps in the near future, when we find 

 the hop-louse on our hops, or phylloxera on our grapevines, we 

 can turn loose some other insect which will help us exterminate 

 them. So let us encourage our entomologists in their good work 

 that our farmers may get the greatest possible benefit from their 

 valuable discoveries." 



The additional office-room which the Kegents have kindly pro- 

 vided far the use of the Entomologist, through the inclosure and 

 fitting up of a portion of the adjoining corridor, has proved of 

 the greatest possible convenience, relieving, as it does, the dis- 

 comforts of an overcrowded apartment and affording all needed 

 room, for the present, for the arrangement of the collection and 

 the growing library. 



Provision having been made for an assistant to the Entomolo- 

 gist, Miss R. L. Davis, who had had three years' experience in the 

 work of the Insectary connected with the Hatch Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, at Amherst, Mass., under direction of Prof. 

 C. H. Fernald, was selected for the position ; and having 

 been duly appointed, entered upon her duties in November, 1893. 

 Her services have been of material aid in extending the work of 

 the department. 



The entomological collection continues to be an interesting 

 feature in visits made to the Capitol. Although a very limited 

 public display can be made of its material, owing to its liability 

 to injury from exposure to light, yet the drawers of the more 

 attractive insects and cases, illustrating the manner of mounting, 

 preparation, classification, and labeling, are always gladly shown 

 and explained to those who give evidence of appreciation of the 

 study and interest in its progress. The pupils connected with 

 our schools are especially welcomed at all times, and every pains 

 is taken to enlist their interest in the insect world and to encour- 



