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5. Biology teachers draw on the insects as an inexhaustible source 
for their classwork and the survey will undoubtedly become a valuable 
asset to the teaching of biology in the state. The educational value 
of a survey, such as planned, is beyond estimation. 
A survey as planned is a gradual development but a start has been 
made and it is hoped this paper will stimulate the organization of an 
insect survey for Indiana. The insect collection at Purdue University 
is essentially a collection purchased from T. B. Ashton of Kansas some 
thirty years ago and is especially rich in Coleoptera, containing many 
rare and new species. The collection is being transferred from old 
wooden boxes to up-to-date Schmitt boxes and the various groups are 
being submitted to specialists for correct classification as rapidly as 
possible. The card indexes previously mentioned have already been 
started. The entomologists of the state have co-operated in furnishing 
specimens and data. An exceptionally fine set of Odonata has been 
placed in the collection by E. B. Williamson, many specimens of 
Coleoptera and Hemiptera have been furnished by Doctor Blatchley, 
a series of Crambidae have been donated by Geo. G. Ainslie of the U. 
S. Entomological Laboratory, Knoxville, Tenn., specimens of Jassidae 
by W. H. Larrimer, a valuable collection of Coccidae by Harry F. 
Dietz and the writer has included his own collection of Scarabaeidae and 
several thousand slides of Aphididae. 
Thus a start at least has been made towards studying the insect 
fauna of Indiana and we wish to take this opportunity to urge all 
members of the Academy interested in the work to offer suggestions 
and to co-operate in making the Indiana Insect Survey the best in the 
United States. Purdue University. 
