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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Collections. 
  The 
  special 
  collecting 
  and 
  rearing 
  of 
  Cecidomyii- 
  

   dae 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  office 
  staff, 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  very 
  large 
  addi- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  this 
  group, 
  which 
  are 
  particularly 
  valuable 
  because 
  many 
  

   of 
  the 
  forms 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  both 
  sexes, 
  and 
  in 
  not 
  a 
  few 
  in- 
  

   stances 
  by 
  the 
  larvae 
  and 
  the 
  gall 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  insects 
  were 
  

   reared. 
  Other 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  large, 
  

   there 
  being 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  over 
  10,000 
  pinned 
  specimens. 
  A 
  number 
  

   of 
  very 
  desirable 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  through 
  exchange. 
  

  

  The 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  collection 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  years 
  have 
  ranged 
  from 
  10,000 
  to 
  15,000 
  pinned 
  specimens, 
  

   all 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  properly 
  labeled, 
  assigned 
  to 
  their 
  various 
  

   groups 
  and 
  eventually 
  determined. 
  There 
  has 
  been, 
  since 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  entomologist 
  took 
  charge 
  of 
  this 
  office, 
  an 
  approximately 
  six- 
  

   fold 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  collection. 
  A 
  large 
  proportion 
  

   of 
  the 
  curatorial 
  work 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  arranging 
  the 
  collections 
  

   devolves 
  upon 
  the 
  assistants, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  pleasure 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  

   material 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  along 
  this 
  line. 
  Assistant 
  Ento- 
  

   mologist 
  D. 
  B. 
  Young 
  has, 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  given 
  considerable 
  

   time 
  to 
  classifying 
  the 
  parasitic 
  wasps, 
  Ichneumonidae, 
  and 
  a 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Braconidae 
  and 
  also 
  Hymenoptera 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   following 
  groups 
  : 
  Pompilidae, 
  Larridae, 
  Bembecidae, 
  Nyssonidae, 
  

   Philanthidae, 
  Pemphredonidae 
  and 
  Crabronidae. 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  done 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  incidental 
  work 
  with 
  the 
  Diptera. 
  Assistant 
  I. 
  L. 
  

   Nixon 
  determined 
  and 
  arranged 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  solitary 
  bees, 
  

   Andrenidae, 
  assisted 
  in 
  arranging 
  the 
  Ichneumonidae 
  and 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  and 
  arranged 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Curculionidae. 
  In 
  addition 
  he 
  

   went 
  over 
  the 
  Hill 
  collection, 
  noticed 
  below, 
  repairing 
  and 
  arrang- 
  

   ing 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  and 
  is 
  responsible 
  for 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   catalogue 
  of 
  this 
  collection. 
  

  

  The 
  Hill 
  collection, 
  an 
  exceptionally 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   State 
  collections, 
  was 
  received 
  through 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Erastus 
  

   D. 
  Hill, 
  Carrie 
  J. 
  Hill 
  Van 
  Vleck 
  and 
  William 
  W. 
  Hill, 
  heirs 
  of 
  the 
  

   late 
  William 
  W. 
  Hill, 
  who 
  desired 
  that 
  their 
  father's 
  work 
  should 
  

   be 
  maintained 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  memorial 
  of 
  his 
  labors 
  in 
  entomology. 
  

   This 
  collection 
  consists 
  of 
  some 
  ip,ooo 
  soecimens, 
  representing 
  ap- 
  

   proximately 
  3500 
  species 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  It 
  contains 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  native 
  soecies 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  representatives 
  from 
  

   Europe, 
  Asia 
  and 
  Africa. 
  The 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  included 
  

   as 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  the 
  Entomologist's 
  report. 
  

  

  