ANNUAL REPORTS. 



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which plants and insects may be successfully grown for 

 study. 



Collection. — The insect collection grows steadily, an in- 

 ventory showing about 25,000 specimens, including about 

 2,000 named species. Many sections of the collection are 

 but partially determined and are in the hands of specialists 

 for identification. During the past year most of the collec- 

 tion has been transferred to blocks and put in condition to 

 ensure its permanent preservation. 



The writer has endeavored in every way possible to fur- 

 nish information concerning insect pests and to encourage 

 our citizens to better combat them. To this end some 

 twenty addresses have been given before granges, farmers' 

 institutes, and various clubs and organizations. Three hun- 

 dred and fifty letters of inquiry concerning insect pests have 

 been received and about the same number of replies sent. 

 A list of the insects so identified follows : 



INSECTS RECEIVED FOR INDENTIFICATION, 

 Oct. 1, 1904 to Oct. 1, 1906. 



SciENTiric Name. 



Food. 



Locality and Date. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Calligrapha scalaris Lee. Elm. 



Ellychnia corrusca Linn. 



Euphoria inda Linn. Apple. 



EyloMus pales Hbst. 



Ips fasciatus Oliv. 



Lachnosterna tristis Fab. Raspberry. 



Macrodactylus suhspinosua Llua Rose, Cherry, 



Concord, V, 9, 05. 

 Pittsfield, XI, 6, 05. 

 Pittsfield, XI, 6, 05. 

 Pittsfield, V, 6, 05. 

 Claremont, VIII, 1, 06. 

 Wilton, VI, 14, 06.' 

 Chester, VIII, 6. 06. 



Ctiorhynchus ovatus Linn. 

 Fterosticlnis stigicus Say. 



Grape, Peach, Plum. 



Wilton, VII, 26, 05. 

 Pittsfield, V, 6, 05. 



Aphis gosypii Glover. 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Melons. 



North Weare, IX, 1, 05. 

 Concord, VIII, 9, 05 ; V, 17, 0^ 

 Dover Point, VIII, 12, 05. 



