Report of Botanist and Entomologist* 



Prof. F. L. Harvey. 



Professor W. II. Jordan: 



Dear Sir — I have the honor to submit herewith my seventh 

 annual report as botanist and entomologist for the Experiment 

 Station. The correspondence regarding injurious insects and fungi, 

 weeds, forage plants and seeds increases rapidly each year. It is 

 gratifying to know that the work of the Station is becoming better 

 known and appreciated, and that the Station is able to extend its 

 usefulness in these directions. As but one-third of the writer's 

 time is given to Station work the correspondence is rapidly 

 encroaching upon the hours that possibly could be better employed 

 making investigations in the field and laboratory. We fully realize 

 that extensive and detailed correspondence must of necessity be 

 an important feature of Station work, though it is only by original 

 research that new facts can be added to entomological and botanical 

 science. We do not desire to limit the correspondence, because the 

 specimens received often are most interesting and important objects 

 for investigation. 



The duties of the season have been field work, laboratory inves- 

 tigations, lectures, preparation of articles for the State papers and 

 Science Journals, correspondence and the preparation of this report. 



By invitation of the Gypsy Moth Commission of Massachusetts, 

 we visited Maiden in July and spent three days in the offices, 

 laboratories and field examining the methods used to fight this 

 insect and submitted to the commission a report of our impressions. 

 In September by invitation and courtesy of Mr. McKeen, we spent 

 two days at Fryeburg examining the area infested by the chinch 

 bug. 



Investigations in the laboratory during the season have brought 

 to light several species of insects new to entomological science, 

 ^ome new habits of well known insects, and additional information 

 regarding the life histories and distribution of others. Some new 



