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Urbana, 111. The species acquired are listed with the other 

 accessions. 



The wooden boxes containing the insect collections should be 

 replaced by steel cabinets, as soon as practicable and more pro- 

 vided to accommodate the extra boxes and trays required by the 

 normal increase in the collection. No adequate provision has as 

 yet been made for the constantly increasing biological material 

 and the large number of microscopic slides, many of which con- 

 tain types of species and genera and are therefore unique. A 

 metal filing case for the collection of negatives and photographs 

 illustrating insects or other work is also greatly needed. 



Nursery inspection. Nursery inspection work of the State 

 Department of Agriculture has resulted in a number of specimens 

 representing various stages of insect development, some in very poor 

 condition, being submitted for identification. As such material 

 may originate in a foreign country, determinations of this character 

 are laborious and require for their successful prosecution a large 

 collection and an excellent library of both domestic and foreign 

 works. The correct identification of such material is important, 

 since the disposal of an entire shipment of nursery stock must 

 depend in considerable measure upon the character of the 

 infestation. 



General. The work of the entomological division has been 

 materially aided, as in past years, by the identification of a number 

 of species through the courtesy of Dr L. O. Howard, chief of the 

 bureau of entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, 

 and his associates. There has been, as already stated, very effective 

 cooperation with the State Department of Agriculture, several 

 county farm bureaus and other public welfare agencies in the 

 State. A number of correspondents have donated valuable speci- 

 mens and many have rendered efficient service by transmitting 

 local data respecting various insects. There has been, as in the 

 past, a most helpful cooperation on the part of all interested in 

 the entomological work of the Museum. 



