REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST rQ1s He 
ADDITIONS TO COLLECTIONS, OCTOBER 16, 1917- 
OCTOBER 15, 1918 
The following is a list of the more important additions to the 
state collection of insects: 
DONATION 
Hymenoptera 
Cimbex americana Leach, elm saw fly, larvae on elm, September 19, Mrs M. W. 
Carragan, Saratoga Springs 
Abia inflata Nort., honeysuckle saw fly, larvae on honeysuckle, June 9, Mrs 
A. M. A. Jackson, Warner 
Diprion simile Hartig, adulis, cocoons and larvae, Dezember 14, Dr W. E. 
Britton, New Haven, Conn. Same, cocoons, March 5, 14, W. L. G. Edson, 
Rochester. Same, European pine saw fly, larva on pine, June 20, Dummett 
Nurseries, Mount Vernon, State Department of Agriculture : 
Neodiprion pinetum Norton (Diprion abbotii Leach), white pine saw fly, larvae, 
August 13, W. H. Snell, Lewis. Same, larvae, on pine, August 27, H. J. Car- 
bury, Gale. Through Conservation Commission 
Pontania monile Marl., galls on salix, September 1, 1918, James R. Weir, Missoula, 
Mont. 
Rhodites radicum O. S., rose root gall on rose, December 18, Dr G. G. Atwood, 
chief, bureau of plant industry, Department of Farms and Markets, Albany 
Rhodites tuberculator Ckll., galls, August 12, T. D. A. Cockerell, Crescent, Col. 
Diastrophus radicum Bass., blackberry root gall, gall on dewberry root, June 17, 
A. W. Morrill, Phoenix, Ariz. 
Diastrophus fusiformis O. S., gall on Potentilla monspeliensis, July 25, S. H. 
Burnham, Hudson Falls 
Acraspis erinacei Walsh, oak hedgehog gall on oak, August 15, Francis A. Bartlett, 
Stamford, Conn. 
Andricus cornigera O. S., horned oak gall on oak, November 26, Ed. L. Ayers, 
chief inspector, Department of Agriculture, Houston, Texas 
Andricus punctatus Bass., gouty oak gall on oak, November 26, Ed, L: Ayers, 
chief inspector, Department of Agriculture, Houston, Texas. 
Same, on pin oak, March 13, A. L. Alston, Rye 
Andricus batatoides Ashm., live oak potato gall on oak twigs, November 26, 
Ed. L. Ayers, chief inspector, Department of Agriculture, Houston, Texas. 
Same, gall on oak, May 8, E. Bethel, Monterey, Cal. 
Philonix pezomachoides O. S., oak pea gall on white oak, July 17, A. G. Ruggles, 
‘Robbinsdale, Minn. 
Philonix hirta Bass., gall on burr oak, July 23, A. G. Ruggles, Hastings Road, 
Minn. 
Biorhiza forticornis Walsh, oak fig gall on burr oak, July 23, A. G. Ruggles, 
Hastings Road, Minn. 
Neuroterus floccosus Bass., oak flake gall on burr oak, July 17, A. G. Ruggles, 
Robbinsdale, Minn. Same, July 23, Hastings Road, Minn. 
Neuroterus umbilicatus Bass., oak button gall on oak, August I, Mrs Seth 
Bliss Hunt, Mount Kisco. Same, September 4. Same, September 5, J. J. 
Levison, Sea Cliff 
Metopius pollinctorius Say, adult reared from cocoon of A. luna, March 29, 
Frederika Atwood, Rochester 
