84 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



C. H. FEKNAhD, II. T. FERNALD. 



During the year which has cla})scd since the last report 

 the entonioloiiical work of the station h.as been conducted as 

 usual, and with satisfactory results. An increasing amount 

 of correspondence shows that the people of Massachusetts 

 appreciate the opportunities afforded them for assistance 

 more than formerly, and are availing themselves freely of 

 that assistance. 



The addition of a very complete set of apparatus for the 

 photography of insects and their work has already been of 

 much advantage to the division, as photographs from life are 

 now being made, for use in the entomological publications of 

 the station. The equipment in this line includes an enlarg- 

 ing, reducing and copying camera, a Premo camera for field 

 work and another for use in photomicrography, all of which, 

 with the necessary accessories, are in constant use. 



Last spring a bulletin on the grass thrips was issued from 

 this division, being a presentation of the practical and eco- 

 nomic portions of the paper on the same subject l)y Mr. W. E. 

 Hinds, which was published as an appendix to the last annual 

 report of the college ; and other bulletins on various important 

 sul)jects are now being prepared. A catalogue of the Coccidse 

 of the world is also in preparation, and will probably be 

 ready for publication during the coming year. Several 

 papers on injurious insects have been written by Dr. H. T. 

 Fernald, and published by the secretary of the Board of 

 Agriculture of Massachusetts. 



Many of the entomological bulletins from different stations 

 have been l)ound for preservation and more convenient refer- 

 ence, and a number of valuable recent publications have been 

 added to the insectary library. 



