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tary was not published till tlie end of July, and with the exception 

 of the few copies of the Entomological Report which I have bound 

 separately for ray own use, none were to be had till the season was 

 over in which much of the information contained in it might have 

 been used. Again, requests are being constantly made of your Sec- 

 retary and of myself, for copies of the Entomological Keport, by par- 

 ties who would like to have it separate, and who do not care to pay the 

 postage on the combined volume, which is often ver}' bulky and un- 

 wieldy. I would therefore suggest that some eflfort be made to have 

 the law so altered that the Entomological Report may be bound and 

 distributed separately ; and from conversation had with Senators and 

 I^epresentatives on the subject, I think that the suggestion will meet 

 with approval in the Legislature, as I know it will from the people in 

 the State most interested in the Reports. 



I have again devoted considerable space to the Grape Phyllo- 

 xera, an insect which continues to attract much attention both at 

 home and abroad ; and it pleases me to know that the Minister of Agri* 

 culture and Commerce of France has seen lit to honor your Board, 

 through me, with a grand gold medal in appreciation of what little 

 service it has been my privilege to render to French grape-culture 

 through the studies of this insect recorded in these Reports. 



In this, as in the previous volumes, when ihe insects treated of 

 are new, or the existing descriptions of them are imperfect, or in a 

 foreign language, or in works out of print and difficult of access, I 

 have added a full description, which is, however, always printed in 

 smaller type, so that it can be skipped by the non-interested reader. 

 The popular name of each insect is accompanied by the scientific 

 name, and the latter is generally printed in italics and mostly in pa- 

 renthesis, so that it may be skipped by the practical man without 

 interfering with the text. The Order and Family to which each in- 

 sect belongs, are also given under each heading. The dimensions 

 are expressed in inches and the fractional parts of an inch, and the 

 sign c? wherever used, is an abbreviation for the word •' male," and 

 the sign 9 for '"female," and Ihe sign ^ for neuter. 



Many of the figures are enlarged, but the natural si/e of each of 

 such is also given or indicated by a hair-line, except in the represent- 

 ation of enlarged structural details, where they are connected with 

 the life-sized insect to which they belong. 



The name of the author of the species, and not of the genus, is 

 given as authority ; and in order to indicate whether or not the insect 

 was originally described under the generic name which it bears, I 

 have adopted the following plan : When the specific name is coupled 

 with the generic name under which it was first published, the de- 



