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Publications. The principal publications of the entomologist, 

 to the number of 62, are listed under the usual heading. The 

 most important of these is the 16th report. Owing to the delay 

 incident to printing, three very important publications have not 

 appeared during the past year, though they are practically 

 ready to be issued. They are: Museum bulletin 46, Scale insects 

 of importance and list of the species in 'New York state, Museum 

 bulletin 47, Aquatic insects in the Adirondacks (Dr Needham's 

 report for 1900), and the special paper treating of insects injur- 

 ious to elm trees. The last is to appear in the 5th report of the 

 fisheries, game and forest commissioners of New York state. 

 These three publications are admirably illustrated by a series 

 of colored plates. 



Extension work. Considerable of the time of the entomologist 

 and his former first assistant, Mr 0. S. Banks, was occupied by 

 farmers institutes. They covered a period of 23 working days, 

 during which lectures were delivered at the following 14 places: 

 Preston Hollow, Durham, Hensonville, Lexington, Fleischmanns, 

 Halcottsville, Grand Gorge, Walton, Gilbertsville, South New 

 Berlin, New Berlin, Bussia, Newport and Frankfort. An im- 

 portant paper was read by the entomologist before the 

 Massachusetts fruit growers association at a meeting held 

 last March at Worcester Mass., and several addresses have also 

 been given by him before various scientific and horticultural 

 organizations. 



Collection of insects. The additions to the state collection of 

 insects have been very great. They may be estimated at approx- 

 imately 16,000 pinned, labeled specimens, besides a great many 

 in alcohol. A special effort has been made to secure desirable 

 biologic material. My former assistant, Mr Banks, and my pres- 

 ent assistant, Miss Boynton, have spent a great deal of time 

 during the past year in going over the collection and classifying 

 the insects more thoroughly. Most of the state collection has 

 now been referred to families, and considerable work has been 

 done on beetles (Coleoptera), the scale insects (Coccidae), and 

 the grasshoppers (Orthoptera). The work on the two latter 



