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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Greenfield 
  Center, 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  Cambridge, 
  Hoosick 
  Falls 
  and 
  Fulton- 
  

   ville. 
  The 
  collection 
  was 
  also 
  shown 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  

   New 
  York 
  horticultural 
  society 
  at 
  Rochester 
  and 
  at 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   New 
  York 
  horticultural 
  society 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  It 
  was 
  shown 
  in 
  

   addition 
  at 
  the 
  following 
  county 
  fairs 
  : 
  Hornellsville, 
  Cuba, 
  Dryden, 
  and 
  

   Cobleskill. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  expense 
  for 
  exhibiting 
  at 
  these 
  institutes 
  was 
  

   borne 
  by 
  the 
  management, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  was 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  fairs. 
  

  

  Collection 
  of 
  insects. 
  The 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  state 
  collection 
  of 
  insects 
  

   have 
  been 
  larger 
  than 
  ever 
  before. 
  My 
  assistant, 
  Mr 
  Banks, 
  has 
  spent 
  

   considerable 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  collecting 
  forms 
  specially 
  desired 
  for 
  the 
  

   biologic 
  collection. 
  The 
  contributions 
  from 
  correspondents 
  have 
  been 
  

   unusually 
  numerous, 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  cash 
  outlay 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  were 
  obtained 
  through 
  student 
  collectors. 
  The 
  collecting 
  done 
  at 
  

   the 
  entomologic 
  field 
  station 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  forest 
  insects 
  has 
  

   resulted 
  in 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  many 
  desirable 
  forms. 
  Over 
  15,000 
  pinned 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  a 
  vast 
  

   number 
  of 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  preserved 
  in 
  alcohol. 
  These 
  additions 
  may 
  

   appear 
  large, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  still 
  many 
  forms 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

   Dr 
  Needham's 
  work 
  on 
  dragon 
  flies 
  and 
  my 
  studies 
  of 
  forest 
  insects 
  will 
  

   result 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  enrichment 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  collection 
  in 
  authentically 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  Odonata 
  and 
  Scolytidae, 
  besides 
  valuable 
  additions 
  in 
  other 
  groups. 
  

  

  Voluntary 
  observers. 
  This 
  organization 
  has 
  been 
  continued 
  with^ 
  

   I 
  trust, 
  mutual 
  advantages. 
  The 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  extended 
  somewhat, 
  

   and 
  is 
  now 
  supported 
  by 
  45 
  observers 
  representing 
  42 
  counties, 
  instead 
  

   of 
  43 
  observers 
  in 
  39 
  counties, 
  as 
  last 
  year. 
  Many 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  the 
  work 
  begun 
  in 
  1899 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  improve 
  their 
  reports 
  

   materially, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  abstracts 
  given 
  under 
  the 
  proper 
  

   heading. 
  

  

  Acknowledgments. 
  The 
  entomologist 
  is 
  under 
  obligations 
  to 
  other 
  

   workers 
  along 
  the 
  same 
  lines 
  for 
  aid 
  rendered, 
  Dr 
  L, 
  O. 
  Howard, 
  chief 
  

   of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  entomology 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  department 
  of 
  agricul- 
  

   ture, 
  and 
  his 
  associates 
  have 
  frequently 
  been 
  of 
  service 
  by 
  determining 
  

   insects 
  or 
  by 
  placing 
  information 
  at 
  my 
  disposal. 
  This 
  central 
  bureau, 
  as 
  

   at 
  present 
  conducted, 
  should 
  be 
  and 
  is 
  invaluable 
  to 
  working 
  entomolo- 
  

   gists 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  country. 
  To 
  Dr 
  A. 
  D. 
  Hopkins, 
  entomologist 
  of 
  the 
  

   West 
  Virginia 
  agricultural 
  experiment 
  station, 
  special 
  thanks 
  are 
  due 
  for 
  

   personally 
  showing 
  and 
  explaining 
  to 
  me 
  his 
  lines 
  of 
  work 
  and 
  also 
  for 
  

   his 
  determinations 
  of 
  the 
  Scolytidae 
  or 
  bark 
  beetles 
  and 
  other 
  insects 
  

   collected 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  forests. 
  The 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  entomologist 
  are 
  also- 
  

  

  