14 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Hartman was assigned the duty of assembling and listing the species 

 now represented in the State collections. The list reproduced on 

 subsequent pages shows that we now have 181 species, 72 of which 

 have been mounted on microscopic slides, 4 being represented only 

 by such preparations. There are 41 species from Japan, 28 from 

 California, 7 from the Philippine islands and 9 types and 7 cotypes. 

 This assemblage is a most valuable aid in determ ning scale insects 

 so frequently submitted for name. The Coccidae are so readily 

 transported with nursery stock, that species of extralimital forms 

 are very desirable. Only last summer there was found on Norway 

 maple, a Japanese species which may prove of considerable economic 

 importance. 



Additions are constantly being made to the State collections, 

 especially of specimens representing the early stages and work of 

 various injurious forms, since biological material of this character 

 greatly facilitates identification of the different insects and is ndis- 

 pensable in a well-prepared exhibit illustrating the life histories of 

 different species. The State collection now contains a large amount 

 of material which is invaluable because of the associated data. 

 Many miscroscopic preparations of smaller insects have been made 

 and incorporated in the collections as in earlier years. 



The arrangement and classification of the collections requires a 

 large amount of time. The many additions must be interpolated and 

 there are numerous groups still far from being thoroughly classified. 

 The large series of Lachnosterna captured during the past summer 

 were determined by Mr Young. The collection of grasshoppers 

 taken in connection with the grasshopper investigations referred to 

 above, necessitated the rearrangement of the Orthoptera by Mr 

 Young. 



The need of additional boxes or trays referred to in the previous 

 report still exists. The wooden cases containing the insect collec- 

 tions should be replaced by steel cabinets and more provided to 

 accommodate the extra boxes and trays required. No adequate 

 provision has as yet been made for the constantly increasing bio- 

 logical material, which is also true of the large number of micro- 

 scopic slides, many of them containing types of species and genera 

 and therefore impossible of duplication. A metallic filing case for 

 the collection of negatives and photographs is also greatly needed. 



Nursery inspection. The nursery inspection work of the State 

 Department of Agriculture results in numerous specimens represent- 

 ing any stage in insect development, some in a very poor condition, 

 being submitted to the Entomologist for identification. As such 



