CONTENTS 



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Introductory 533 



Transmittal 533 



General entomologic features 533 



Elm leaf beetle 534 



Office work 534 



Publications 535 



Collection of insects 535 



Division library 536 



Exhibition of insects 536 



Voluntary observers 537 



Entomological society of Albany „ 537 



Acknowledgments 537 



Notes on injurious insects for 1899 538 



Introductory 538 



Raspberry saw fly 538 



Locust borer 539 



Elm leaf beetle 539 



Asparagus beetles 540 



Willow butterfly 541 



Forest tent caterpillar 541 



17 year cicada 544 



Drepanosiphum a c e r i f o 1 i i Thos 545 



Experiments with arsenical poisons.. 545 



Voluntary entomologic service of New York state 549 



Summaries of reports from observers 552 



Exhibition of insects at agricultural gatherings 575 



List of publications of the entomologist 588 



Contributions to the collection Oct. 15, 1898-Oct. 14, 1899 600 



Index 621 



