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this, brief directions are given for controlling the various 

 forms. The enormous number of injurious insects, even in New 

 York state, made it imperative that the exhibit should be 

 limited to the more important forms, and that the insects 

 selected be grouped in a manner easily comprehended by the 

 general public; they are therefore arranged under various 

 important food plants, etc., and each group receives special 

 notice under an appropriate head. 



There are many who are interested in insect life for other 

 than economic reasons. Students of entomology will find much 

 of interest in the systematic collection, in which are native 

 representatives of all the more important families, and begin- 

 ners will derive much aid in the care of their specimens from 

 a study of the technical collection. Those attracted by the 

 peculiar or beautiful in nature will find much of interest in 

 the collection of the work of gall insects, in the mimicry col- 

 lection and in the collection of New York beauties, the latter 

 being an assemblage of some of the more beautiful native but- 

 terflies and moths. The wing frames and framed photographs 

 present by means of statistics and illustrations some of the 

 more important activities of the office. The entire exhibit can 

 now be seen at the state museum, Albany N. Y. 



Fruit tree insects (nos. 1-23). This collection of 23 different 

 species includes some of the most important insect enemies of 

 man, such as the codling moth, a species causing an estimated 

 annual loss in New York state alone of about $3,000,000, the 

 plum curculio, appletree borers (both exceedingly destructive), 

 rose beetle, appletree tent-caterpillar, case-bearers and others, 

 all insects causing much loss annually to fruit growers. Many 

 of these pests have been repeatedly noticed in the reports and 

 bulletins issued by the state entomologist, and, for excellent 

 accounts of individual species, the reader is referred to the 

 citations given in the appended catalogue. 



Vine and small fruit insects (nos. 24-41). This group comprises 

 18 of the most injurious forms depredating on the grapevine, 

 currant, raspberry and other small fruits. One of the most 

 important species represented is the grapevine root worm, a 



