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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  tains 
  a 
  Professorship 
  in 
  Entomology, 
  with 
  courses 
  of 
  lectures,'^lab6ratory 
  

   work 
  and 
  Museum. 
  Lectures 
  in 
  course 
  upon 
  it 
  are 
  given 
  at 
  Harvard 
  

   University, 
  the 
  State 
  College 
  of 
  Maine, 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  Agricultural 
  

   College, 
  the 
  Michigan 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  Purdue 
  University 
  

   at 
  Lafayette, 
  Ind., 
  the 
  Illinois 
  Industrial 
  University, 
  the 
  Iowa 
  Agri- 
  

   cultural 
  College, 
  the 
  Kansas 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Leland 
  Stanford 
  Jr., 
  University 
  in 
  California. 
  In 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  State 
  

   Institutions 
  particular 
  attention 
  is 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  economic 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  

   science. 
  

  

  The 
  above, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  some 
  academic 
  instruction 
  in 
  other 
  

   States 
  is 
  the 
  sum, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known 
  to 
  me, 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  being 
  done 
  in 
  our 
  

   institutions 
  of 
  learning 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  of 
  Natural 
  Science. 
  

  

  The 
  reason 
  for 
  its 
  almost 
  entire 
  neglect 
  in 
  our 
  schools, 
  is, 
  undoubtedly 
  

   the 
  want 
  of 
  text 
  books 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  student. 
  It 
  might 
  have 
  

   rivaled 
  Botany 
  in 
  popularity 
  could 
  its 
  collections 
  be 
  named 
  with 
  the 
  

   facility 
  of 
  plants. 
  But 
  for 
  this 
  we 
  may 
  never 
  hope. 
  The 
  volumes 
  that 
  

   would 
  be 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  simple 
  identification 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  three- 
  or 
  four- 
  

   lined 
  diagnoses 
  o± 
  the 
  known 
  United 
  States 
  species 
  of 
  insects, 
  would 
  be, 
  

   at 
  least, 
  twenty 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  Gray's 
  School 
  and 
  Field 
  Book 
  of 
  Botany 
  — 
  

   a 
  series 
  which 
  would 
  certainly 
  prove 
  inconvenient 
  for 
  general 
  class 
  use. 
  

   A 
  reference 
  catalogue 
  alone 
  of 
  the 
  Diptera 
  (flies) 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  forms 
  a 
  

   volume 
  three-fourths 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  above 
  named; 
  and 
  a 
  catalogue 
  of 
  

   the 
  known 
  Insects 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  giving 
  name 
  and 
  oc- 
  

   casionally 
  brief 
  annotations 
  of 
  locaHty 
  and 
  distribution, 
  fills 
  486 
  pages 
  

   octavo. 
  

  

  We 
  should 
  not 
  wait 
  for 
  the 
  desired 
  text-books, 
  such 
  as 
  will 
  enable 
  us 
  

   to 
  name 
  our 
  collections, 
  for 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  else 
  to 
  learn 
  of 
  insects 
  besides 
  

   their 
  names, 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  their 
  structure, 
  habits, 
  transformations, 
  and 
  

   economic 
  value. 
  With 
  ^* 
  Packard's 
  Guide 
  to 
  the 
  Study 
  of 
  Insects" 
  and 
  

   " 
  Comstocks 
  Manual 
  for 
  the 
  Study 
  of 
  Insects," 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  

   student 
  for 
  reference, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  insects 
  before 
  him 
  upon 
  his 
  table, 
  the 
  

   teacher, 
  having 
  qualified 
  himself 
  for 
  the 
  work, 
  may, 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  lectures 
  

   give 
  to 
  his 
  class 
  a 
  better 
  foundation 
  for 
  future 
  study 
  than 
  could 
  be 
  

   acquired 
  from 
  books 
  alone. 
  

  

  I 
  lately 
  had 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  attending 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Lowell 
  Institute 
  

   Free 
  Course 
  ot 
  Lectures 
  on 
  Zoology, 
  at 
  Boston, 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  teachers 
  of 
  

   the 
  Public 
  Schools. 
  Each 
  of 
  the 
  about 
  three 
  hundred 
  teachers 
  in 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  had 
  upon 
  his 
  or 
  her 
  table 
  a 
  box 
  containing 
  a 
  half-dozen 
  represen- 
  

   tative 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  Neuroptera, 
  and 
  a 
  vessel 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  which 
  

   were 
  some 
  macerated 
  specimens 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  study 
  structure. 
  The 
  

   lecture 
  was 
  further 
  illustrated 
  by 
  diagrams 
  and 
  charts 
  upon 
  the 
  wall. 
  I 
  

   was 
  delighted 
  with 
  the 
  lecture, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  promise 
  that 
  it 
  gave 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  