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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  purpose: 
  A 
  well-arranged 
  collection 
  of 
  this 
  character, 
  exhibiting 
  

   at 
  a 
  glance 
  the 
  entire 
  life-history, 
  habits, 
  transformations, 
  enemies, 
  etc., 
  

   of 
  each 
  species, 
  would 
  prove 
  both 
  interesting 
  and 
  instructive 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  

   apply 
  in 
  person 
  at 
  our 
  rooms 
  for 
  information 
  regarding 
  some 
  special 
  

   insect 
  pest. 
  The 
  material 
  for 
  such 
  an 
  exhibit 
  has 
  been 
  accumulating 
  

   during 
  past 
  years, 
  and 
  is 
  only 
  awaiting 
  time 
  for 
  its 
  arrangement. 
  

  

  The 
  additions 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Collection 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  from 
  the 
  general 
  paucity 
  of 
  insect 
  life, 
  as 
  

   noticed 
  in 
  a 
  following 
  page. 
  Their 
  number 
  (in 
  part 
  estimated) 
  aggregates 
  

   about 
  2,000. 
  Contributions 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  forty-two 
  persons 
  

   aggregating 
  about 
  eight 
  hundred 
  examples. 
  

  

  The 
  Tenth 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  was 
  issued 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  

   part 
  of 
  July, 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Forty-eighth 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum. 
  An 
  edition 
  was 
  also 
  printed 
  as 
  separates, 
  for 
  convenience 
  of 
  

   distribution 
  'among 
  agriculturists 
  and 
  entomologists. 
  The 
  report 
  contains 
  

   300 
  pages, 
  4 
  plates 
  and 
  24 
  figures. 
  Its 
  preparation 
  required 
  an 
  unusual 
  

   amount 
  of 
  office 
  labor 
  from 
  the 
  extended 
  index 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  ten 
  reports 
  

   of 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  (1883-1895), 
  occupying 
  93 
  pages, 
  and 
  embracing 
  

   (as 
  estimated) 
  20,600 
  references. 
  

  

  The 
  Eleventh 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1895, 
  is 
  

   now 
  being 
  printed, 
  and 
  will, 
  it 
  is 
  hoped, 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  distribution 
  before 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year.- 
  It 
  will 
  contain 
  nearly 
  250 
  pages 
  and 
  16 
  

   plates. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  list 
  of 
  miscellaneous 
  publications 
  by 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  during 
  

   the 
  current 
  year 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Appendix. 
  Forty- 
  one 
  titles 
  are 
  

   cited 
  with 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  oi 
  publication, 
  with 
  a 
  brief 
  summary 
  of 
  each. 
  

   The 
  aggregate 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  publications 
  listed 
  and 
  abstracts 
  given, 
  in 
  

   the 
  several 
  volumes 
  of 
  this 
  series 
  of 
  reports, 
  including 
  the 
  present, 
  is 
  909. 
  

  

  The 
  correspondence 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   Letters 
  received 
  and 
  filed, 
  11 
  19; 
  letters 
  sent, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  recorded, 
  12 
  15. 
  

  

  Arrangement 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  an 
  amount 
  of 
  additional 
  slielving 
  

   required 
  by 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  and 
  library. 
  These 
  additions 
  

  

  