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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  difficult 
  forms 
  and 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  technical 
  proof 
  reading 
  has 
  fallen 
  on 
  

   my 
  second 
  assistant, 
  Miss 
  Boynton. 
  The 
  state 
  of 
  Virginia 
  has 
  refused 
  

   to 
  accept 
  nursery 
  stock 
  under 
  a 
  certificate 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  state 
  department 
  

   of 
  agriculture^ 
  and 
  the 
  state 
  entomologist 
  has, 
  in 
  compliance 
  with 
  the 
  

   commissioner's 
  request, 
  issued 
  certificates 
  approving 
  and 
  indorsing 
  the 
  

   inspection. 
  The 
  large 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  require 
  much 
  

   time 
  for 
  the 
  proper 
  pinning, 
  labeling 
  and 
  recording 
  of 
  the 
  specimens. 
  

   Fortunately 
  much 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  comparatively 
  unskilled 
  

   labor. 
  The 
  demand 
  for 
  popular 
  information 
  through 
  the 
  press 
  and 
  cor- 
  

   respondence 
  has 
  not 
  diminished. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  1136 
  letters, 
  444 
  post- 
  

   als, 
  176 
  circular 
  letters 
  and 
  17 
  12 
  packages 
  were 
  sent 
  through 
  the 
  mails. 
  

  

  Special 
  investigations. 
  Three 
  lines 
  of 
  special 
  work 
  have 
  been 
  

   prosecuted 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  minor 
  investigations 
  of 
  insects 
  brought 
  to 
  notice 
  

   from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  i) 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  experiments 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  to 
  

   determine 
  the 
  best 
  methods 
  of 
  controUing 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  in 
  orchards. 
  

   The 
  results 
  are 
  given 
  under 
  the 
  appropriate 
  title, 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  

   a 
  study 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  related 
  scale 
  insects 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  re- 
  

   sults 
  will 
  be 
  presented 
  in 
  a 
  later 
  bulletin, 
  2) 
  A 
  most 
  promising 
  investi- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  our 
  vast 
  forest 
  interests 
  has 
  been 
  under- 
  

   taken. 
  10 
  days 
  were 
  spent 
  with 
  Dr 
  A. 
  D. 
  Hopkins, 
  of 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  

   who 
  is 
  a 
  leading 
  authority 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  in 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  in 
  

   the 
  forested 
  mountain 
  regions 
  of 
  that 
  state. 
  Two 
  weeks 
  were 
  spent 
  at 
  

   Saranac 
  Inn 
  and 
  vicinity 
  and 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Albany 
  

   and 
  also 
  at 
  Manor 
  (L. 
  I.) 
  collecting 
  forms 
  depredating 
  on 
  forest 
  trees. 
  

   At 
  the 
  last 
  place 
  serious 
  injuries 
  to 
  acres 
  of 
  hard 
  pines 
  have 
  been 
  caused 
  

   by 
  bark-borers. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  prepared 
  for 
  publication 
  

   shortly. 
  3) 
  Studies 
  on 
  aquatic 
  insects 
  have 
  been 
  pursued. 
  These 
  are 
  

   noticed 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  paragraph. 
  

  

  Entomologic 
  field 
  station. 
  The 
  aquatic 
  insects 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  are 
  

   of 
  considerable 
  economic 
  importance, 
  because 
  many 
  game 
  fishes 
  find 
  in 
  

   them 
  and 
  associated 
  forms 
  a 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  of 
  their 
  sustenance. 
  

   This 
  field 
  has 
  been 
  comparatively 
  neglected 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  wise 
  to 
  have 
  some 
  special 
  work 
  done 
  along 
  this 
  line. 
  

   The 
  museum 
  was 
  fortunate 
  in 
  securing 
  for 
  the 
  summer 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  

   Dr 
  James 
  G. 
  Needham, 
  of 
  Lake 
  Forest 
  university, 
  Lake 
  Forest 
  (111.), 
  

   who 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  study 
  of 
  certain 
  aquatic 
  insects 
  and 
  was 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  well 
  equipped 
  for 
  the 
  work. 
  Through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioners 
  of 
  fisheries, 
  game 
  and 
  forest, 
  the 
  facilities 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   hatchery 
  at 
  Saranac 
  Inn 
  were 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  my 
  office 
  for 
  this 
  

   work. 
  Dr 
  Needham 
  was 
  in 
  immediate 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  and 
  was 
  

  

  