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ing entomologists, and it is especially rich in apparatus for the 

 study and preservation of insects, in lines which are not touched 

 upon in the collection under Dr. Riley's charge. 



In this building Canada has also an exhibit of insects in con- 

 nection with her Agricultural display, which I overlooked ; but 

 which has been described to me as a very good one, representing 

 a general collection than special economic features. » 



Minnesota has, in connection with her agricultural exhibit, 

 quite a number of boxes in very good condition. This is, in large 

 part, composed of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera arranged without 

 economic purpose, and in part a collection illustrating oak insects 

 and injurious grasshoppers. Perhaps the most interesting box 

 in the entire series is one illustrating the bee moth and its work ; 

 the samples of injury being in some respects the best that I have 

 ever seen. 



In the Austrian section there are a number of bottles illus- 

 trating the transformation of insects, and other small animals. 

 These bottles are extremely well prepared, and are educational in 

 character. So far as I know, these are all the entomological ex- 

 hibits in the agricultural building which have any claim to atten- 

 tion. There are, in some of the South and Central American 

 exhibits, a few specimens of insects, without name and without 

 purpose, except to show that such things do occur. 



An excellent entomological exhibit is to be found in the Illinois 

 State building in connection with the show made by the State 

 University, and this is under the direction of Prof Forbes. It 

 contains a very well-equipped laboratory, illustrating the methods 

 of work in use at Champaign, and also a number of insect col- 

 lections. One of the interesting features is a series illustrating 

 the food of one robin for one entire year, and this illustrates in a 

 very graphic manner the difficulty in determining whether a bird 

 is to be classed as beneficial or injurious. There is also a very 

 good collection of insects injurious to corn, and a very large col- 

 lection of forms that injure the apple. Of less economic interest 

 is a collection of the common insects of the State with an attempt 

 to illustrate forms occurring in all parts of it and others that occur 

 in limited localities only. 



In the Kansas State building there is a collection, mostly Lepid- 

 optera, systematically arranged, illustrating no economic problems 

 and apparently a sample of the State College collection, I am 



