REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1901 rl39 



(Chironomidae), very important so far as fish food is concerned,, 

 will be included in the report on the work at the field station. 



There has been no relaxation in the pressure of office work. 

 Correspondence, determination of scale insects for the State De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and carrying through the press in mid- 

 summer two very important bulletins, one on scale insects and 

 the other on insects of the Adirondacks, have made serious in- 

 roads into the time which might have been given to investiga- 

 tions during the period when insect activities were at their hight. 



The preparation of a large collection for exhibition at the Pan- 

 American exposition took all the time of a special assistant 

 for three months and also made large demands on the office 

 force. This collection will be placed on exhibition in the museum- 

 when returned from the exposition. 



The extension work has been prosecuted with vigor, and a 

 number of lectures were delivered by the entomologist and his 

 assistant before farmers institutes and various scientific and 

 horticultural organizations. The work of arranging and classi- 

 fying the State collection has been pushed, and most of the^ 

 beetles, Coleoptera, have been referred to families. The scale 

 insects Coccidae, and the grasshoppers, Orthoptera, have been 

 determined specifically in most cases. Large additions, which: 

 may be estimated at approximately 16,000 pinned, labeled speci- 

 mens besides a great many in alcohol, have been made to the 

 State collection. 



The work of the voluntary observers has been continued, and a 

 large number of interesting and valuable facts have been placed 

 on record. The removal of the office from the old quarters in the 

 capitol to Geological and Agricultural Hall has afforded much 

 needed space and very essential facilities. This change, to- 

 gether with a change in the staff, has necessarily interfered' 

 somewhat with the regular lines of work, but the prospects for 

 the coming year are exceedingly bright. 



Full details of the work of this division are given in the 

 separate report 1 of the state entomologist. 



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