REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



IT. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Entomology, 

 Washington, D. C, August 10, 1901. 

 Sir: I submit herewith an executive report covering operations in 

 the Division of Entomology for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, 

 dividing it, in accordance with the directions contained in your cir- 

 cular letter of July 8, into the following sections: 



(1) A brief review of the operations carried on during the fiscal 

 year 1901. 



(2) An outline of the plans proposed for the work of this Division 

 for the fiscal year 1902, under appropriations already made for that 

 year. 



(3) Suggestions as to work recommended for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1903, for use in preparing estimates. 



Respectfully, 



L. O. Howard, 



Entomologist. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



WORK OF THE YEAR. 



The amount appropriated by Congress for entomological investiga- 

 tions (aside from salaries appropriated for by the statutory roll) was 

 $22,500. Out of this amount there was expended the sum of $22,206. 76, 

 leaving an unexpended balance covered into the Treasury of $293.24. 

 The main items of .expense may be grouped as follows: Salaries of 

 investigators and other employees, stationed for the most part in 

 Washington, D. C, $16,384.59; salaries of field agents, $913; miscel- 

 laneous office supplies and expenses, $2,327.64; traveling expenses, 

 $2,184.33; illustrations, $397.20. Of the salaries for employees, the 

 amount expended for expert scientific assistants has been $12,144.59, 

 and for clerical and other assistants, $4,240. 



The work of the Division may be classified, as in former years, under 

 the following heads : 



(a) Investigations upon specific injurious insects or groups of 

 insects. 



(b) Experimental work with remedies. 



(c) Determination of specimens sent in by the entomologists of the 

 State experiment stations and by other workers. 



(d) General investigations of the life histories of injurious insects. 



(e) Work on the geographical distribution of the injurious insects 

 of the United States. 



(/) Bibliographic work. 



(g) Preparation of circulars of information. 



(h) Correspondence. 



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