294 Forty- SIXTH Report on the State Museum 



N"o very severe attacks have been reported to me upon either 

 garden or field crops, l^o complaint has reached me of injury 

 to any of our grains from the grain aphis, Siphonophora avenoBy 

 although again appearing in Columbia county, nor did the hop- 

 vine aphis, Phorodon hmnuli^ very materially affect the yield of 

 our hop yards. The year has further been an exceptional one 

 in that no new insect pest of marked economic importance has 

 come under my notice calling for special investigation. Several 

 of the minor attacks to which my attention has been drawn, will 

 be noticed in the " ^N^otes for the Year," to follow. 



It was hoped that time would have been found to enable me 

 to complete for publication some studies commenced in former 

 years, but this has been prevented by a serious and protracted 

 illness. I have also reason to regret that owing to this illness, 

 I was compelled to cancel a number of engagements for address- 

 ing the farmers and fruit-growers of our State and scientific 

 bodies, during the winter months. While the Avork of this 

 Department would be largely extended and promoted by attend- 

 ance at such meetings, it would at the same time make ample 

 returns to your entomologist in information that he could not as 

 well obtain through any other means. 



The addition to the State Collection for the year has been over 

 2,500 specimens. Memoranda commenced on April 1st, show 

 the number of specimens collected by me, 2,419. Of these 2,323 

 have been labeled and 1,411 mounted. 



The Contributors to the Collection number fifty-three. A list 

 of their contributions is appended to this Eeport. The cus- 

 tomary list of the publications of the entomologist during the 

 year, embracing thirty -three titles, accompanied with brief sum- 

 maries of contents, will also be found in the Appendix. 



The additional room and cases for which arrangements had 

 been made, as stated in my report for 1891, have not yet been 

 provided. This want has interfered with and impeded work 

 which has been commenced in the classification of the biological 

 material, both dry and in alcohol, and which is not at present 

 conveniently accessible for reference or for study. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. A. LIlSrTNER. 



