lO NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



of the Food Habits of American Gall Midges; A Generic Synop- 

 sis of the Itonidae; Hosts and Galls of American Gall Midges; 

 and New Species of Itonidae. A list of the more important pub- 

 lications of the Entomologist, forty-four in number, is given 

 below. 



Collections. There has been a continued increase in the State 

 collections. Most of the additions the past year have resulted 

 from collections by the office staff, some of the most desirable 

 having been reared. Extremely large series of Miastor and Oli- 

 garces were obtained in this manner and will later be available 

 for exchange. Specimens illustrating the habits and work of 

 insects are being collected at every opportunity, since they are 

 particularly valuable for economic and exhibition purposes. 

 There have been substantial additions to the gall midges or 

 Itonidae and they are now in very satisfactory condition. The 

 pinned specimens were rearranged by Miss Hartman and this, in 

 connections with the numerous microscopic slides, and the large 

 assemblage of galls and other biological material, will prove in- 

 valuable to- subsequent workers, especially as the collection in- 

 cludes a very large number of types. 



The classification of the diversified material in the Museum 

 and that daily coming to hand is necessarily slow and is a work 

 which must extend over years. There is need of more assistance 

 in carrying on the large amount of labor involved in the amass- 

 ing of a thoroughly representative collection necessary for the 

 maintenance of an adequate exhibit in the enlarged quarters 

 afforded by the new Education Building. 



Three additions have been made to the series of plant groups 

 designed for the exhibition of insects in their natural environ- 

 ment. These will add greatly to the attractiveness and pedagogical 

 value of the enlarged exhibit collections now in preparation. 



Assistant State Entomologist Young has rearranged and 

 identified the Muscidae, the species belonging to the Coleopter- 

 ous genera Telephorus and Podabrus, and has done considerable 

 on the snapping beetles or Elateridae, the parasitic flies, the 

 Tachinidae, and a group of parasitic wasps, the Braconidae. 



Miss Hartman made nearly five hundred microscopical prepa- 

 rations of various species, mostly gall midges and scale insects, 

 rearranged the pinned collection of scale insects and prepared a 

 special Cicada exhibit. She also gave much time to mounting, 

 spreading and labeling of specimens. 



