﻿University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  Bulletin 
  47 
  September 
  1901 
  

  

  AQUATIC 
  INSECTS 
  IN 
  THE 
  ADIRONDACKS 
  

  

  PREFACE 
  

  

  ^ 
  The 
  following 
  account 
  presents 
  in 
  part 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  by 
  a 
  close 
  

   study 
  of 
  aquatic 
  insects 
  in 
  one 
  locality. 
  Saranac 
  Inn 
  proved 
  an 
  excep- 
  

   tionally 
  favorable 
  place 
  for 
  investigations 
  of 
  this 
  character, 
  and 
  the 
  labor 
  

   of 
  two 
  earnest, 
  enthusiastic 
  workers 
  made 
  the 
  entomologic 
  field 
  station 
  a 
  

   very 
  successful 
  institution. 
  Only 
  10 
  weeks 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  sufficed 
  for 
  work- 
  

   ing 
  out 
  in 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  detail 
  the 
  life 
  histories 
  of 
  about 
  100 
  species, 
  the 
  

   discovery 
  of 
  10 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  two 
  new 
  genera, 
  and 
  for 
  material 
  

   additions 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  insects 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  The 
  bred 
  

   Chironomidae, 
  the 
  material 
  representing 
  the 
  suborder 
  Zygoptera 
  of 
  the 
  

   dragon 
  flies 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  fish 
  stomachs, 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   included 
  in 
  this 
  report, 
  should 
  give, 
  when 
  worked 
  up 
  next 
  year, 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  additional 
  interesting 
  and 
  valuable 
  facts. 
  

  

  This 
  work, 
  even 
  when 
  all 
  available 
  data 
  are 
  brought 
  together, 
  does 
  

   not 
  complete 
  the 
  desirable 
  investigations 
  along 
  this 
  line. 
  Dr 
  Needham's 
  

   report, 
  though 
  thorough 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  goes, 
  is 
  largely 
  of 
  a 
  preliminary 
  

   nature 
  and 
  will 
  prove 
  an 
  excellent 
  basis 
  for 
  subsequent 
  work. 
  It 
  is 
  

   physically 
  impossible 
  to 
  do 
  more 
  than 
  this 
  with 
  10 
  weeks 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  

   The 
  solving 
  of 
  the 
  complex 
  interrelations 
  existing 
  between 
  the 
  various 
  

   aquatic 
  forms 
  requires 
  persistent 
  efforts 
  extending 
  through 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  seasons, 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  thus 
  obtained 
  should 
  be 
  verified 
  by 
  studies 
  in 
  

   other 
  localities. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  field 
  requiring 
  the 
  serious 
  attention 
  of 
  

   the 
  botanist 
  and 
  zoologist, 
  using 
  these 
  terms 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  sense, 
  and 
  

   the 
  practical 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  studies 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  fully 
  available 
  till 
  such 
  an 
  

   investigation 
  is 
  made 
  along 
  broad 
  and 
  comprehensive 
  lines. 
  A 
  study 
  of 
  

   this 
  character 
  could 
  be 
  conducted 
  at 
  a 
  comparatively, 
  small 
  outlay, 
  and 
  

   would 
  prove 
  of 
  great 
  benefit 
  to 
  fish 
  culture, 
  and 
  should 
  result 
  in 
  the 
  rear- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  many 
  more 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  state, 
  

  

  E. 
  P. 
  Felt 
  

  

  State 
  ento7nolog'ist 
  

  

  