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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  previously 
  unknown 
  though 
  sparse 
  colony 
  of 
  the 
  periodical 
  

   Cicada 
  was 
  located 
  at 
  Geneseo 
  as 
  an 
  outcome 
  of 
  the 
  interest 
  aroused 
  

   by 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  enormous 
  brood 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  Flies 
  and 
  mosquitos. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  general 
  interest 
  in 
  

   controlling 
  the 
  house 
  fly 
  and 
  preventing 
  the 
  superabundance 
  of 
  

   mosquitos. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  insects 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  corre- 
  

   spondence, 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  bulletins 
  giving 
  directions 
  for 
  rem- 
  

   edying 
  undesirable 
  conditions 
  have 
  been 
  distributed. 
  

  

  An 
  unusual 
  departure 
  was 
  the 
  working 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  history 
  

   of 
  a 
  common 
  blowfly, 
  Phormia 
  regina 
  Meign. 
  and 
  a 
  flesh 
  

   fly, 
  Sarcophaga 
  georgina 
  Wied., 
  under 
  controlled 
  condi- 
  

   tions. 
  These 
  two 
  insects, 
  though 
  exceedingly 
  common, 
  were 
  

   comparatively 
  unknown 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  general 
  way. 
  The 
  de- 
  

   tails 
  of 
  this 
  investigation, 
  undertaken 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  solving 
  

   a 
  specific 
  problem, 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Entomologist's 
  report. 
  

  

  Gall 
  midges. 
  This 
  large 
  group 
  of 
  small 
  flies 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  

   receive 
  attention 
  from 
  the 
  Entomologist. 
  He 
  has 
  succeeded 
  in 
  

   identifying 
  the 
  wheat 
  midge 
  of 
  Fitch, 
  which 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  un- 
  

   described 
  species, 
  discovered 
  and 
  described 
  a 
  second 
  form 
  re- 
  

   corded 
  as 
  living 
  in 
  heads 
  of 
  American 
  wheat, 
  and 
  reared 
  another. 
  

   The 
  last 
  was 
  identified 
  through 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  European 
  en- 
  

   tomologists 
  as 
  Thecodiplosis 
  mosellana 
  Gehin. 
  In 
  

   addition, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  gall 
  midges 
  have 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  

   various 
  food 
  plants 
  and 
  described. 
  The 
  outbreak 
  by 
  the 
  Hessian 
  

   fly, 
  noted 
  above, 
  and 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  pear 
  midge 
  in 
  the 
  vicin- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  Albany 
  afforded 
  opportunity 
  for 
  additional 
  studies 
  of 
  two 
  

   economic 
  forms. 
  

  

  Lectures. 
  The 
  Entomologist, 
  as 
  in 
  past 
  years, 
  has 
  delivered 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  lectures 
  upon 
  insects, 
  mostly 
  economic 
  forms, 
  before 
  

   various 
  agricultural 
  and 
  horticultural 
  gatherings. 
  This 
  work 
  

   enables 
  him 
  to 
  become 
  personally 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  problems 
  

   of 
  various 
  localities 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  greatly 
  facilitated 
  by 
  a 
  chart 
  

   showing 
  the 
  results 
  secured 
  in 
  the 
  codling 
  moth 
  experiments 
  of 
  re- 
  

   cent 
  years. 
  

  

  Publications. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  brief, 
  popular 
  accounts 
  of 
  the 
  

   more 
  injurious 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  widely 
  circulated 
  through 
  

   the 
  agricultural 
  and 
  local 
  press. 
  The 
  more 
  extensive 
  publica- 
  

   tions, 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  last 
  year, 
  are 
  : 
  The 
  Elm 
  Leaf 
  Beetle 
  

   and 
  the 
  White 
  Marked 
  Tussock 
  Moth 
  (Museum 
  Bulletin 
  156), 
  

  

  