REPORT. 



Office of the State Entomologist, 

 Albany, August 28, 1893. 



To the Regents of the University cf the State of New York : 



Gentlemen. — The recent change made by the resolution of 

 your board in the time for the presentation of the annual reports 

 of the Scientific Staff of the State Museum, viz., that they be pre- 

 sented in readiness for printing by the first of July of each year, 

 instead of the first of November as heretofore, has prevented the 

 preparation of the usual report of the State Entomologist, contain- 

 ing the studies of the insects to which his attention has been 

 given during the year. 



The purpose of this change is understood to be, the printing of 

 the reports during the summer or autumn of the year of their 

 presentation and before the legislative printing shall engage the 

 entire time and resources of the State Printer. 



The early publication of scientific studies and investigations is 

 unquestionably very desirable : without it, much of their interest 

 and value is lost, or the credit due them accrues to later studies 

 having prompt and earlier publication. 



Your Entomologist, however, fears that under the new arrange- 

 ment the earlier publication of his studies will not be attained. 

 The entire occupancy of his time during the spring and early 

 summer in investigating the many insect attacks that belong 

 to this part of the year, and in the correspondence connected 

 therewith, and attendant field studies, can leave barely 

 the opportunity for making the notes which are to be 

 worked up into proper form during the autumn and winter. 

 A report presented in July, to be printed probably during the 

 November following, could contain but little beyond the results 

 of the preceding year. If it were possible so to arrange that 



