No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. I7 



EXPLANATION OF COLLECTORS' INITIALS. 



H. F. B. — H. F. Bassett, Waterbury. A librarian who was 

 also a specialist on the four-winged gall-flies. He described 

 many new species, and was the author of many published 

 papers. Died June 28, 1902. 



W. E. B. — W. E. Britton, New Haj-en. State Entomologist, 

 and Entomologist of the Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 The author of a number of papers on Connecticut insects. 

 Has collected in nearly all parts of the state. 



P. L. B. — P. L. Buttrick, New Haven. Employed temporarily 

 to collect and mount insects at the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. Collected around New Haven. 



A. B. C. — Alfred B. Champlain. For a year and a half Assist- 

 ant in Entomology, Agricultural Experiment Station, New 

 Haven. Is a specialist on Coleoptera, family Carabidse, 

 but has collected in other orders, in various sections of the 

 state, particularly around New Haven and at Lyme. 



S. N. D. — S. N. Dunning, Hartford. A lawyer who has also 

 been a student of the bees and wasps. Most of his collect- 

 ing was done near Hartford. 



E. J. S. M.— E. J. S. Moore, New Haven. A student em- 

 ployed temporarily as assistant in the entomological depart- 

 ment of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Collected 

 chiefly around New Haven. 



E. N. — Edward Norton, Farmington. A student of the saw- 

 flies, describing many new species and publishing a large 

 number of papers. Died April 8, 1894. 



W. H. P.— William H. Patton, Hartford and Waterbury. 

 Formerly gave much attention to the Hymenoptera, and is 

 the author of many papers. Has collected in different parts- 

 of the state. 



A. E. V. — Addison E. Verrill, New Haven. Professor of Zo- 

 ology in Yale University. Has collected insects in various 

 portions of the state, but chiefly around New Haven and at 

 the Thimble Islands. 



H. L. V. — Henry L. Viereck, Philadelphia. For more than a 

 year Assistant in Entomology at the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station at New Haven. Is the author of this and many 

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