﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  IQOO 
  953 
  

  

  aided 
  by 
  an 
  assistant 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  selection, 
  Cornelius 
  Betten. 
  They 
  

   were 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  from 
  June 
  15 
  to 
  Aug. 
  20, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  they 
  

   collected 
  many 
  insects, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  ascertained 
  their 
  life 
  his- 
  

   tories. 
  They 
  also 
  gave 
  considerable 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  under 
  

   which 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  exist, 
  their 
  relations 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  their 
  

   value 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  fishes. 
  The 
  results 
  obtained 
  have 
  amply 
  justified 
  the 
  

   departure 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  Dr 
  Needham's 
  report, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  

   press 
  and 
  will 
  appear 
  as 
  a 
  separate 
  bulletin, 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  much 
  

   that 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  new 
  but 
  interesting 
  and 
  valuable. 
  

  

  Thi 
  work 
  on 
  aquatic 
  insects 
  at 
  Saranac 
  Inn 
  has 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  been 
  

   supplemented 
  by 
  studies 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Albany 
  by 
  my 
  first 
  as- 
  

   sistant, 
  Mr 
  Banks. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  prepared 
  for 
  pub- 
  

   lication 
  later. 
  

  

  Publications. 
  Several 
  circular 
  letters 
  warning 
  of 
  threatened 
  injuries 
  

   have 
  been 
  issued 
  and 
  were 
  widely 
  published. 
  The 
  principal 
  publications 
  

   of 
  the 
  entomolgist, 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  67, 
  are 
  listed 
  under 
  the 
  usual 
  head. 
  

   The 
  most 
  valuable 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  memorial 
  of 
  Dr 
  Lintner, 
  which 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  a 
  complete 
  index 
  of 
  his 
  publications, 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   principal 
  insects 
  affecting 
  maples 
  and 
  the 
  illustrated 
  catalogue. 
  A 
  com- 
  

   panion 
  to 
  Insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  maple 
  trees, 
  treating 
  of 
  those 
  affecting 
  the 
  

   elm, 
  has 
  been 
  prepared. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  illustrated, 
  as 
  was 
  its 
  predecessor, 
  by 
  

   three 
  admirably 
  colored, 
  quarto 
  plates, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  pubHshed 
  in 
  the 
  

   report 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  fisheries, 
  game 
  and 
  forest 
  for 
  1899. 
  The 
  

   illustrated 
  catalogue 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  economic 
  insects 
  was 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  to 
  accompany 
  the 
  small 
  traveling 
  collection, 
  which 
  was 
  exhibited 
  

   at 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  fairs. 
  

  

  Hxtension 
  work. 
  Considerable 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  entomologist 
  or 
  his 
  first 
  

   assistant, 
  Mr 
  Banks, 
  was 
  occupied 
  by 
  farmers 
  institutes. 
  They 
  covered 
  

   a 
  period 
  of 
  41 
  working 
  days, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  about 
  46 
  lectures 
  were 
  

   delivered 
  at 
  the 
  following 
  24 
  places 
  : 
  Nelson, 
  West 
  Eaton, 
  Stockbridge, 
  

   Hamilton, 
  Halcottsville, 
  Lexington, 
  Hensonville, 
  Durham, 
  Breakabeen, 
  

   Franklin, 
  Esperance, 
  Bethlehem 
  Center, 
  Altamont, 
  Voorheesville, 
  East 
  

   Greenbush, 
  Gansevoort, 
  Greenfield 
  Center, 
  Burnt 
  Hills, 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  

   Fort 
  Ann, 
  East 
  Hartford, 
  Cambridge, 
  Hoosick 
  Falls 
  and 
  Fultonville. 
  In 
  

   addition, 
  the 
  entomologist 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  upon 
  to 
  give 
  several 
  addresses 
  

   before 
  scientific 
  bodies. 
  

  

  The 
  traveling 
  collection, 
  composed 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  

   injurious 
  and 
  beneficial 
  insects, 
  was 
  shown 
  at 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  farmers 
  insti- 
  

   tutes, 
  and 
  proved 
  an 
  attractive 
  and 
  interesting 
  feature 
  of 
  these 
  gather- 
  

   ings. 
  In 
  this 
  connection, 
  it 
  was 
  exhibited 
  at 
  Altamont, 
  Gansevoort, 
  

  

  