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Agriculture and established in an infested orchard at Kinderhook. 

 The studies of forest and shade trees have progressed satisfac- 

 torily. Early in the season the extended forest fires afforded an 

 excellent opportunity for ascertaining the connection between 

 them and insect depredations, an investigation which is still in 

 progress. 



Dr James G. Needham has continued his studies on material 

 collected at the entomologic field station at Saranac Inn in 1900 

 and has nearly completed an extensive report on the stone flies and 

 May flies of the State. The studies of mosquitos have absorbed 

 considerable time a^id resulted in securing many desirable speci- 

 mens with important data respecting the same. Cooperative 

 work with the North Shore Improvement Association, well and 

 favorably known beeause of its mosquito crusade in the vicinity 

 of New York city, has been undertaken with mutual benefit. 



The Entomologist has made numerous contributions of a prac- 

 tical nature to agricultural papers, and, aside from bulletins 

 issued by the Museum, has prepared two important papers; one 

 on insects injurious to pine and oaks, for- the Tth report of the 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commission and one on insecticides for 

 the report of the Colorado State Board of Horticulture. 



Other important publications, which are either in the printer's 

 hands or practically completed, are as follows : Grapevine Root 

 Worm, a revised and extended edition of Museum bulletin 59; 

 Monograph of the genus Saperda, prepared by the Entomologist 

 in cooperation with Mr L. H. Joutel; and Dr Needham's 3d 

 report, which will be a work of about the same size as Museum 

 bulletin 68. There is also a memoir on insects injurious to forest 

 and shade trees, an extensive publication illustrated with many 

 half tones and 16 colored plates. i 



Large and valuable additions have been made to the State col- 

 lections duriufg the past season, some most desirable specimens 

 being secured from sections of the State hitherto poorly repre- 

 sented. There has been much progress in arranging the insects, 

 and substantial additions have been made to those on exhibition. 

 During the past summer, a system of exchange was begun and 



