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NEW YORK 8TATE MUSEUM 



The additions to the collection by the Entomologist have been 

 — of mounted and labeled specimens, about 1,800 examples (a 

 complete record was not kept), and of alcoholic and unmounted, 

 exceeding 700 specimens. Among the more important of the 

 additions are a number of slides prepared for the microscope, 

 exhibiting minute insects or insect stages; species of Lepidoptera, 

 Diptera, etc. — reared from the egg or larva, permitting notes of 

 their life-history to be made ; and Lepidopterous and other 

 larvae beautifully prepared by inflation by my assistant, Miss 

 Davis. 



Contributions to the collection have been made by 54 persons, 

 aggregating about 500 examples. The list of donors, with their 

 contributions, may be found in the appendix. 



The collection, in part, is arranged in small folding boxes, the 

 size of which, 11 by 14-J inches, has been found convenient for 

 arrangement of the contained material and for holding in the 

 hand while being studied. The remainder is in drawers, 15 by 

 18 inches inside, patterned after those used in many of the conti- 

 nental museums of Europe and in the entomological department 

 of the Museum of Comprative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. They 

 were made under personal inspection of Dr. Hagen while director 

 of the museum, and are believed to be almost, if not entirely, 

 proof against the entrance of museum pests. Naphthaline, in the 

 convenient form of pin-pointed cones, is employed for insuring 

 additional protection from insect depredations. The entire col- 

 lection is given inspection from time to time, and is believed to 

 be at the present wholly free from insect attack. 



Considerable progress has been made in the arrangement, 

 classification, and labeling of the collection. The alcoholic por- 

 tion has been put in better condition for its preservation through 

 the application of paraffine to the corks where rubber ones of 

 proper size were not available. It is proposed to replace these 



