﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  9 
  

  

  T. 
  Hartmaii. 
  In 
  addition, 
  Mr 
  Young 
  rendered 
  material 
  service 
  

   in 
  separating 
  our 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  material 
  into 
  the 
  major 
  groups, 
  

   while 
  Miss 
  Hartman 
  has 
  made 
  over 
  600 
  microscopic 
  preparations. 
  

  

  Flies 
  and 
  mosquitos. 
  The 
  ubiquitous 
  and 
  well 
  known 
  house 
  

   fly 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  recipient 
  of 
  much 
  attention 
  because 
  recent 
  investi- 
  

   gations 
  show 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  responsible 
  agent, 
  under 
  certain 
  condi- 
  

   tions, 
  in 
  the 
  dissemination 
  of 
  typhoid 
  fever 
  and 
  other 
  grave 
  in- 
  

   testinal 
  disorders. 
  Observations 
  upon 
  its 
  life 
  history 
  and 
  habits 
  

   have 
  established 
  the 
  practicability 
  of 
  largely 
  reducing 
  if 
  not 
  elimi- 
  

   nating 
  this 
  menace 
  to 
  health 
  and 
  personal 
  comfort. 
  A 
  press 
  bul- 
  

   letin 
  on 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  issued 
  and 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  supplemented 
  by 
  a 
  

   more 
  extended 
  account. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  much 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  mosquitos. 
  The 
  

   Entomologist 
  inspected 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  progress 
  on 
  the 
  Flushing 
  

   meadows 
  and 
  has 
  kept 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  similar 
  operations 
  in 
  other 
  

   localities. 
  Attention 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  fresh- 
  

   water 
  species, 
  especially 
  the 
  malaria-carrying 
  form. 
  The 
  prac- 
  

   ticability 
  of 
  such 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  established 
  and 
  we 
  look 
  for 
  a 
  

   great 
  extension 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  suppression 
  of 
  these 
  annoy- 
  

   ing 
  pests. 
  

  

  Aquatic 
  insects. 
  The 
  studies 
  of 
  insects 
  inhabiting 
  our 
  fresh 
  

   waters 
  have 
  been 
  continued 
  by 
  Dr 
  James 
  G. 
  Needham. 
  His 
  report 
  

   on 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  at 
  Old 
  Forge 
  was 
  made 
  public 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  

   this 
  office 
  for 
  1907. 
  Dr 
  Needham 
  is 
  now 
  engaged 
  in 
  completing 
  

   his 
  monographic 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  flies 
  (Plecoptera), 
  a 
  w^ork 
  

   v.-hich 
  should 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  printer 
  some 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  com- 
  

   ing 
  winter. 
  Dr 
  Betten 
  has 
  made 
  good 
  progress 
  in 
  his 
  studies 
  of 
  

   the 
  caddis 
  flies 
  (Trichoptera), 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  expected 
  that 
  his 
  work 
  

   upon 
  this 
  group 
  will 
  be 
  completed 
  the 
  coming 
  spring. 
  These 
  two 
  

   publications, 
  when 
  issued, 
  will 
  supply 
  a 
  most 
  important 
  want 
  in 
  our 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  aquatic 
  forms 
  and 
  add 
  much 
  of 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  series 
  

   of 
  reports 
  and 
  'bulletins 
  on 
  aquatic 
  insects. 
  

  

  Publications. 
  Many 
  popular 
  economic 
  notices 
  have 
  been 
  con- 
  

   tributed 
  by 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  to 
  the 
  agricultural 
  and 
  local 
  press, 
  and 
  

   a 
  few 
  accounts 
  of 
  more 
  general 
  interest 
  have 
  been 
  wddely 
  dissemi- 
  

   nated 
  through 
  the 
  agency 
  of 
  the 
  Associated 
  Press. 
  The 
  large 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  Cecidomyiidae 
  reared 
  in 
  1907 
  rendered 
  it 
  advisable 
  to 
  pub- 
  

   lish 
  preliminary 
  descriptions 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  a 
  reprint 
  from 
  the 
  report 
  

   for 
  that 
  year, 
  entitled 
  AVtc 
  Species 
  of 
  Cecidomyiidae 
  II, 
  was 
  

   issued 
  October 
  26, 
  1907. 
  Owing 
  to 
  numerous 
  delays 
  in 
  printing, 
  

   the 
  report 
  for 
  last 
  year 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year, 
  al- 
  

  

  