REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I913 II 



have been made and incorporated in the collections as in earlier 

 years. 



Much labor has been expended upon the rearrangement of the 

 collections, an undertaking which has been hampered to some ex- 

 tent by insufficient case or tray room. This work, while time-con- 

 suming and in a certain measure unproductive, is a necessary pre- 

 liminary to effective studies in the future, otherwise more time 

 would be lost in endeavoring to find misplaced specimens than 

 would be required to put the collection in order in the first place. 



Material provision for the care of the collections is essential. The 

 pinned insects are in boxes or trays in wooden cases. There are 

 not enough of the former to permit the specimens being properly 

 arranged, and the latter should be replaced by steel cases and more 

 provided to accommodate the additional boxes and trays required. 

 The biological material is in an even less satisfactory state. It is 

 in shallow, wooden trays and difficult of access because of the 

 lack of space. There is need of a modern series of metallic trays 

 for the accommodation of such specimens. Some equally satis- 

 factory provision should be made for the large collection of micro- 

 scopic slides, many of them containing types of species, and there- 

 fore impossible of duplication. The constantly increasing collection 

 of photographic negatives requires a metallic filing case of approved 

 design. 



Nursery inspection. The nursery inspection work conducted by 

 the State Department of Agriculture has resulted in the Entomo- 

 logist being required to make numerous identifications and also 

 advise 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 development and 

 frequently originate in a foreign country, such determinations are 

 laborious and require for their successful prosecution a large col- 

 lection and many entomological works, both domestic and foreign. 

 The correct identification of such material is very important, since 

 the disposal of large shipments of nursery stock depends in con- 

 siderable measure upon the character of the infestation. 



Miscellaneous. Cooperation with the Division of Visual In- 

 struction has been continued and additions made to an excellent and 

 somewhat extended series of photographs, mostly of injurious or 

 common insects or their work. 



General. The work of the office has been materially aided, as in 

 past years, by the identification of a number of species through the 



