1 6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



General. The work of the office has been materially aided, as 

 in past years, by the identification of a number of species through 

 the courtesy of Dr L. 0. 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, a number of county farm bureaus 

 and other public welfare agencies in the State. A number of cor- 

 respondents have donated valuable specimens and many have ren- 

 dered efficient service by transmitting local data respecting various 

 insects. It is a pleasure to note that there has been, as in the past, 

 a most helpful cooperation on the part of all interested in the work 

 of the office. 



Respectfully submitted 



Ephraim Porter Felt 



State Entomologist 

 October 16, 191 6 



