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  0000 
  

  

  Orthoptera 
  

  

  950 
  

  

  11255 
  

  

  Neuroptera 
  and 
  ) 
  

  

  

  9100 
  

  

  Pseudoneuroptera 
  [ 
  

  

  2000 
  

  

  115 
  

  

  Thysanoptera 
  

  

  118 
  

  

  6622 
  

  

  Other 
  small 
  orders 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  3328 
  

  

  

  

  42 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  figures 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  American 
  insects. 
  The 
  data 
  are 
  tabu- 
  

   lated 
  below 
  : 
  

  

  Hymenoptera 
  

  

  Coleoptera 
  

  

  Diptera 
  

  

  Siphonotera 
  

  

  Lepidoptera 
  

  

  Hemiptera 
  

  

  43988 
  

  

  A 
  recent 
  catalog 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  a 
  state 
  with 
  a 
  

   considerably 
  smaller 
  area 
  and 
  lacking 
  the 
  climatic 
  and 
  other 
  

   diversities 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  lists 
  over 
  10,000 
  species. 
  It 
  seems 
  con- 
  

   servative 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  probable 
  number 
  of 
  insect 
  species 
  existing 
  

   in 
  this 
  State 
  at 
  twice 
  that 
  figure. 
  A 
  thoroughly 
  representative 
  

   collection 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  forms 
  should 
  therefore 
  contain 
  well 
  

   toward 
  20,000 
  native 
  species, 
  and 
  since 
  each 
  has 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  

   well-marked 
  stages, 
  some 
  80,000 
  different 
  forms. 
  Many 
  species 
  

   and 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  stages 
  are 
  unknown. 
  There 
  is 
  ample 
  

   work 
  to 
  occupy 
  a 
  well-equipped 
  corps 
  of 
  entomologists 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  Museum 
  for 
  many 
  years, 
  not 
  to 
  mention 
  the 
  much 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  labor 
  imv^olved 
  in 
  assembling 
  and 
  maintaining 
  greatly 
  en- 
  

   larged 
  entomological 
  exhibits. 
  

  

  Nursery 
  inspection. 
  The 
  nursery 
  inspection 
  work 
  conducted 
  by 
  

   the 
  State 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  Entomolo- 
  

   gist 
  being 
  requested 
  to 
  make 
  numerous 
  identifications 
  and 
  also 
  

   recommendations 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  policy 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  pursued 
  

   by 
  the 
  State. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  submitted 
  for 
  name 
  were 
  in 
  

   poor 
  condition, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  represent 
  any 
  stage 
  in 
  insect 
  de- 
  

   velopment 
  and 
  frequently 
  originate 
  in 
  a 
  foreign 
  country, 
  such 
  deter- 
  

   minations 
  are 
  laborious 
  and 
  time-consuming. 
  The 
  correct 
  identifica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  such 
  material 
  is, 
  however, 
  very 
  important, 
  since 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   position 
  of 
  large 
  shipments 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  must 
  depend, 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  measure, 
  upon 
  our 
  findings. 
  

  

  Miscellaneous. 
  In 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Visual 
  In- 
  

   struction, 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  secured 
  an 
  excellent 
  and 
  somewhat 
  ex- 
  

   tended 
  series 
  of 
  photographs, 
  mostly 
  of 
  injurious 
  or 
  common 
  insects. 
  

   This 
  material 
  was 
  all 
  taken 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  other 
  collecting, 
  it 
  

   only 
  being 
  necessary 
  to 
  pose 
  the 
  specimen 
  for 
  the 
  photographer. 
  

  

  