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dinidae, Ichneumonidae, Syrphidae, Tachinidae and Capsidae, 

 besides making material progress in arranging the Coleoptera 

 which, it is gratifying to state, are already in a fairly satisfactory 

 condition. The exhibit collection has received valuable additions 

 fi'om time to time, and in all of our collecting an effort has been 

 made to secure material desirable for this purpose. The museum 

 was kindly remembered during the present year and bequeathed 

 a small collection of insects by Miss Ellen L. Baker of Middle 

 Granville N. Y. 



The past season a system of exchange was inaugurated with 

 most excellent results. The museum possesses large series of cer- 

 tain species. Lists were prepared and sent to entomologists in dif- 

 ferent sections of this and other countries with a request for ex- 

 changes, and as a result some exceedingly valuable additions have 

 been made to the collection with practically no cost to the museum. 

 The details of these exchanges together with a list of species 

 available for this purp'ose will be found under a separate head. 



Nursery inspection work. Owing to the Virginia authorities re- 

 fusing in the fall 'of 1902 to accept nursery inspection certificates 

 issued by the State Department of Agriculture, even though 

 officially indorsed by us, other means had to be devised to aid those 

 who wished to ship nursery stock into Virginia. The state ento- 

 mologist of Virginia was willing to accept a certificate based 'on 

 inspection by an assistant working under our direction, and as 

 an accommodation to our nurserymen, it w^as arranged to send an 

 assistant to make supplementary inspections of only that stock 

 which was destined for Virginia, the parties benefited to pay his 

 traveling expenses. Mr C. M. Walker was detailed for this work, 

 which occupied nearly two weeks. It is very gratifying to state 

 that the regular inspectors, in whom we have utmost confidence, 

 kindly aided Mr Walker in his work. Mr H. C. Peck and Mr J. J. 

 Barden, in whose territory most of the inspecting was done, were 

 specially helpful. The following is a list of firms to whom these 

 nursery certificates were issued between Oct. 21 and Nov. 1, 

 respectively : Mt Hope Nurseries, Western New York Nursery Co., 

 Thomas Bowman & Son, A. L. Wood, Allen Nursery Co., H. S. 

 Taylor & Co., Charlton Nursery Co., all of Rochester; Sheeren 



