REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I906 



69 



each. Volume and page number are separated by a colon, the first 

 superior figure gives the column and the second the exact place in 

 the column m ninths : e. g. 70 :956'^^ means volume 70, page 956, 

 column 3, in the sixth ninth, i. e. about two thirds of the way down. 



Oyster Scale. Country Gentleman, Oct. 19, 1905, 70:956-"^^ 



Brief economic notice of the oyster scale, Lepidosaphes nlmi Linn. 



The ^loth Situation. Country Gentleman, Oct. 19, 1905, 

 70 :962*i-632^ 



Brief summary of conditions in eastern Massachusetts, with special refer- 

 ence to the gipsy moth, Porthetria dispar Linn, and the brown tail 

 moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea Linn, with a discussion of repres- 

 sive measures. 



Mosquitos and Nature Study. N. Y. S. E. D. 



Science Division Folder, p. 1-8. 

 Issued Oct. 20, 1905. 



The importance of these insects and their availability for nature study is 

 pointed out. 



20th Report of the State Entomologist 1904. N. Y. State Mus. 



Bui. 97, Entomology 24, p.357-597. pl- I9 



Advance copies issued' Oct. 30, 1905. 



Contents 



Introduction 359 



General entomologic features. 359 



Office work 35Q 



Special investigations 360 



Publications 361 



Collections of insects 361 



Nursery certificates 362 



Voluntary observers 363 



Acknowledgments 363 



Injurious insects 364 



Notes for the year 403 



Fruit tree insects 403 



Shade tree insects 405 



Garden insects 406 



Miscellaneous 409 



Beneficial insects 411 



Voluntary entomologic service.. 411 



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List of publications of the En- 

 tomologist 418 



Contributions to collection 426 



Appendix : Insect exhibit at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 

 tion 431 



Studies in Culicidae 442 



Jassidae of New York State. 



Herbert Osborn 498 



List of Hemiptera Taken in the 

 Adirondack Mountains. E. P. 



Van Duzee 546 



List of Lepidoptera Taken at 

 Keene Valley. G. F. Comstock 557 



Explanation of plates 562 



Index 565 



Wood Lice. Country Gentleman, Nov. 2, 1905, 70:1004^^ 

 Brief general notice with discussion of remedial measures. 



