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tion, and thus being placed upon an equal footing with other 

 leading experiment stations, most of which are provided with 

 similar accommodations. The insectary stands upon about a 

 quarter of an acre of good ground granted the entomologist 

 by the Director and Board of Regents, for an experimental 

 garden. This will be used in the future in the place of the old 

 garden previously allowed, but undesirable for many reasons. 

 The building, located to the south and east of the new 

 main building, consists of two parts, a glass portion or green- 

 house portion 35 feet by 18 feet, and a wooden part 32 feet 



Fig. 62. — A breeding cage. 



by 12 feet, which is divided into a work-room and store-room, 

 the latter for our spraying apparatus, insecticides, etc. Be- 

 neath the work-room, and reached by a flight of stairs from 

 the greenhouse, is a cellar 12 by 16, and about 6^ feet high, 

 originally intended as a place for wintering our bees, but inas- 

 much as we Lave been obliged to instal therein an automatic 

 pump to effect the return of water from our heating plant, 

 its pressure may make it too warm. In this case, we shall 

 endeavor to construct another cellar under our store-room, 

 which will be free from this objection. Between the store- 

 room and work-room a small dark room is located, for an 

 insectary offers ideal conditions for photography, and in 

 future all of our indoor pictures of insects and insect life will 

 be taken under the best of auspices. The work-room is sup- 

 plied with bench, drawers, cupboards, cases for instruments 

 and books, and well lighted. 



