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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  though 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  time 
  was 
  necessarily 
  expended 
  upon 
  the 
  

   more 
  technical 
  part 
  in 
  carrying 
  it 
  through 
  the 
  press. 
  

  

  Collections. 
  The 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  as 
  

   numerous 
  as 
  in 
  preceding 
  years, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  giving 
  

   more 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  arrangement 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  material 
  on 
  

   hand. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  previously 
  unknown 
  Cecidomyiidae 
  were 
  

   'reared 
  and 
  several 
  important 
  gaps 
  in 
  our 
  knowledge 
  respecting 
  this 
  

   group 
  filled. 
  

  

  Several 
  extremely 
  desirable 
  accessions, 
  aside 
  from 
  those 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  above, 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  our 
  biological 
  collections. 
  One 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  interesting 
  was 
  a 
  complete 
  series 
  representing 
  the 
  egg, 
  

   larva, 
  pupa 
  and 
  adult 
  of 
  the 
  remarkable 
  Taeniorhynchus 
  

   perturbans 
  Walk., 
  generously 
  contributed 
  by 
  Mr 
  J. 
  Turner 
  

   Erakeley 
  of 
  Hornerstown, 
  N. 
  J., 
  the 
  discoverer 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  stages 
  

   and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  active 
  in 
  working 
  out 
  the 
  life 
  history 
  of 
  this 
  

   previously 
  very 
  elusive 
  species. 
  

  

  Two 
  important 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  our 
  exhibit 
  collec- 
  

   tions, 
  namely, 
  an 
  enlarged 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  onion 
  fly, 
  showing 
  the 
  egg, 
  

   maggot, 
  puparium, 
  adult 
  fly 
  and 
  an 
  onion 
  infested 
  by 
  maggots; 
  

   also 
  an 
  enlarged 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  cigar 
  case 
  bearer 
  showing 
  its 
  work 
  

   upon 
  apple 
  leaves. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  executed 
  by 
  Mrs 
  Otto 
  

   Heidemann 
  of 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  The 
  arrangement 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  has 
  received 
  

   much 
  attention. 
  Assistant 
  Entomologist 
  D. 
  B. 
  Young 
  has 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  the 
  Staphylinidae 
  into 
  their 
  major 
  groups 
  and 
  determined 
  

   many 
  species. 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  given 
  considerable 
  time 
  to 
  the 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  Syrphidae. 
  The 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hill 
  collection 
  occupied 
  much 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  Miss 
  

   Hartman 
  also 
  assisted 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  mentioned 
  

   catalogue 
  and 
  has 
  done 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  general 
  curatorial 
  work, 
  

   such 
  as 
  mounting, 
  labeling 
  and 
  caring 
  for 
  insect 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Office 
  matters. 
  The 
  general 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  oflice 
  has 
  been 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  as 
  in 
  previous 
  years, 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Entomologist 
  being 
  re- 
  

   sponsible 
  for 
  the 
  correspondence 
  and 
  other 
  matters 
  during 
  the 
  

   absence 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist. 
  Assistant 
  I. 
  L. 
  Nixon 
  resigned 
  Octo- 
  

   ber 
  12, 
  1907, 
  and 
  Miss 
  Fanny 
  T. 
  Hartman 
  was 
  temporarily 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  to 
  the 
  vacancy 
  October 
  26, 
  with 
  subsequent 
  confirmation. 
  

   Numerous 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  for 
  identification 
  and 
  

   many 
  inquiries 
  made 
  concerning 
  injurious 
  forms. 
  Owing 
  to 
  their 
  

   having 
  been 
  no 
  important 
  bulletin 
  or 
  report 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   son, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  sent 
  

  

  