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suits, it could only reach one in every sixty of the farms of the 

 State. 



In addition to publications through leading agricultural journals, 

 to be hereafter referred to, I have endeavored to promote the ob- 

 jects of my department, through special papers and addresses upon 

 entomological subjects. During the year the following societies 

 have been addressed by me : 



New York State Agricultural Society. 

 Troy Scientific Association. 



Entomological Club of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



National Academy of Science. 

 Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. 

 Albany Institute. 



My office duties have compelled me to decline several requests for 

 papers from societies with whom I would have esteemed it a privilege 

 to co-operate. In addition to the above, opportunities have been em- 

 braced to commend the interest, importance and benefit of the ptudy 

 of the insect world to pupils in our common schools and other minor 

 institutions of learning. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



In accordance with the custom in former reports I herewith 

 append a list of publications for the year past, for convenience of 

 reference, and as a portion of the work of the Department. 



On some Rio Grande Lepidoptera. (Papilio, iv, Nos. 7-8, Septem- 

 ber-October, 1884, pp. 135-147.) [Published February, 1885.] 



Gives an annotated list of collections made by Messrs. Sennett and Webster, 

 in 1877 and 1878, viz. : in Rhopalocera, 53 species {Kricogonia Lanice and 

 Apatura Codes being new species) ; in Spbingidae, 4 species (Sp/unx insolita 

 n. sp.) ; in J5gerid£e, 2 species ; in Bombycidee, 3 species {Ecpantheria Sen- 

 nettii n. sp.). 



Scale-Insect Attack upon Ivy. (Country Gentleman, for February 

 26, 1885, L, p. 169, c. 2—22 cm.) 



Ivy leaves {Hedera helix) received from Watervliet, N. Y., and infested on 

 both surfaces and the stem also by Aspidiotus nerii Bouch6— a scale insect which 

 infests the cherry, plum, currant, maple, oleander, etc., throughout most of 

 the United States. Remedies recommended under different conditions are 

 scraping, a soap solution, and a soap and kerosene emulsion made in accord, 

 ance with the formula given. [Printed also in this Report, see page 113.] 



The Owl Beetle — Alaus oculatus. (Country Gentleman, for April 

 9, 1885, L, p. 307, c. 4:— 14 cm.) 



The beetle, received alive in May, from Aiken, S. C, is described and its 

 habits given, [Proves upon later examination to be Alaua my ops (Fabr.),] 



