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j| ter, to the first of whom I am particularly indebted for the accu- 
ate original figures published in this report; to the various corres¬ 
pondents of the office, especially to Dr. E. R, Boardman, of Elmira, 
’tark county, and Mr. D. S. Harris, of Cuba, Fulton county; to 
h*of. T. J. Burrill, of the State Industrial University at Champaign, 
or determinations of fungi found in the stomachs of beetles, and 
or much valuable assistance in the study of the plant parasites of 
he chinch-bug; and to the members and officers of the State Board 
f Agriculture, especially to the Secretary, Mr. S. D. Fisher, and 
he Assistant Secretary, Mr. C. S. Mills, who have let no opportu- 
tity escape them to further the work of the office in every way pos- 
ible. 
My thanks are also due to the Illinois Central Railroad, as 
epresented by its traffic manager, Mr. J. F. Tucker, to whose in- 
elligent liberality I owe trip passes, both for myself and assistants, 
o all points on his road, wherever and whenever we w T ere called on 
he business of the office. 
Respectfully submitted. 
S. A. Forbes, 
Normal, III., Dec. 80, 1882. State Entomologist. 
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