702 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Publications. The principal publications of the entomologist, 
to the number of 62, are listed under the usual heading. The 
most important of these is the 16th report. Owing to the delay 
incident to printing, three very important publications have not 
appeared during the past year, though they are practically 
ready to be issued. They are: Museum bulletin 46, Scale insects 
of importance and list of the species in New York state, Museum 
bulletin 47, Aquatic insects in the Adirondacks (Dr Needham’s 
report for 1900), and the special paper treating of insects injur- 
ious to elm trees. The last is to appear in the 5th report of the 
fisheries, game and forest commissioners of New York state. 
These three publications are admirably illustrated by a series 
of colored plates. 
Extension work. Considerable of the time of the entomologist — 
and his former first assistant, Mr ©. S. Banks, was occupied by 
farmers institutes. They covered a period of 23 working days, 
during which lectures were delivered at the following 14 places: 
Preston Hollow, Durham, Hensonville, Lexington, Fleischmanns, 
Halcottsville, Grand Gorge, Walton, Gilbertsville, South New 
Berlin, New Berlin, Russia, Newport and Frankfort. An im- 
portant paper was read by the entomologist before the 
Massachusetts fruit growers association at a meeting held 
last March at Worcester Mass., and several addresses have also 
been given by him before various scientific and horticultural 
organizations. | 
Collection of insects. The additions to the state collection of 
insects have been very great. They may be estimated at approx- 
imately 16,000 pinned, labeled specimens, besides a great many 
in alcohol. <A special effort has been made to secure desirable 
biologic material. My former assistant, Mr Banks, and my pres- 
ent assistant, Miss Boynton, have spent a great deal of time 
during the past year in going over the collection and classifying 
the insects more thoroughly. Most of the state collection has. 
now been referred to families, and considerable work has been. 
done on beetles (Coleoptera), the scale insects (Coccidae), and 
the grasshoppers (Orthoptera). The work on the two latter 
