14 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Gall Insects now in press has resulted in much interesting material 

 being submitted for study. This is true of the work of several gall 

 wasps or cynipids, namely, the ribbed bud gall and the white oak 

 club gall, deformations which are occasionally very abundant and 

 injurious. Brief discussions of the work and biology of these species 

 appear below. 



There have been some exceptionally interesting gall midges sub- 

 mitted for study, namely, a small collection from India and a larger 

 one of mostly reared species from the Philippine islands. This 

 material has been worked up, that relating to the former has been 

 published and the manuscript of the latter has been submitted 

 for publication in the Philippine Journal of Science, together with 

 a complete tabulation for the families, tribes .and genera of the 

 Itonididae, which latter should do much toward placing the classifi- 

 cation of this large and very diverse group upon a thoroughly 

 scientific basis. 



Lectures. The Entomologist has delivered a number of lectures 

 on insects, mostly economic species, before various agricultural and 

 horticultural gatherings, some of these being in cooperation with the 

 Bureau of Farmers Institutes or county farm bureau agents. Several 

 lectures have also been given under the auspices of local welfare 

 associations. 



Publications. A number of brief popular accounts of the more 

 injurious insects have been prepared and widely circulated among 

 county farm bureau and New York State Food Supply Commission 

 agents, the latter as a part of the Insect Pest Survey and Information 

 Service. 



Owing to delay in printing the report for 19 16, the only State 

 Museum Bulletin from this office issued during the past year is 

 No. 194, Household and Camp Insects, briefly mentioned above. 

 Several important papers have appeared in current entomological 

 journals, such as " New Western Gall Midges " in the Journal of 

 the New York Entomological Society, " New North American Gall 

 Midges " and " New Indian Gall Midges," both in Entomological 

 News, and " Distribution of Gall Midges " in the Proceedings of the 

 National Academy of Sciences. 



Collections. Additions to the state collections are constantly 

 being made, especially of specimens representing the early stages 

 and work of various injurious forms, since biological material of this 

 character greatly facilitates the identification of insects and is 

 indispensable in a well-prepared exhibit illustrating the life histories 

 of various species. 



