36 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Cooperative work. The Entomologist has continued to co- 
operate with the Federal Bureau of Entomology as a collaborator 
in European corn borer work to the mutual advantage of both inter- 
ested agencies. He has also cooperated with the insect pest survey, 
United States Department of Agriculture. This latter covers the 
entire United States and since it relates to all insects of economic 
importance, it is broader in scope than most undertakings of this 
character. It places at the disposal of all official reporters early 
information respecting recent developments and thus frequently pro- 
vides warnings of probable outbreaks in addition to the dissemina- 
tion of much valuable data. 
Collections. A number of desirable additions to the state col- 
lections have been made. Some of the best material has been reared 
in connection with studies of various outbreaks or secured as a 
result of requests for information concerning comparatively 
unknown forms, such as the deer bot fly, Cephenomyia 
abdominalis Aldr., received through the kindness of Asa Law- 
rence of Wilmington and previously unrepresented in the collection. 
Special attention has been paid to the acquisition and preservation 
of immature stages, since these are difficult to obtain. 
An interesting collection of insects was received in exchange from 
Mr C. Garret of Cranbrook, B. C., a series of minute parasites from 
R. M. Fouts, a Washington authority, and an exceptional series of 
gall wasps belonging to the genus Rhodites and their galls was con- 
tributed to the state collection by Prof. A. C. Kinsey, Indiana Uni- 
versity, Bloomington, Ind. | 
A unique and rare contribution was received in early March from 
L. J. W. Jones, Bainbridge. It consisted of several pairs of the 
snow-born Boreus, Boreus nivoriundus Fitch, a species 
very rarely coming to the attention of naturalists. 
With a limited staff, it has been impossible to do much needed 
work on the collections, aside from a certain amount of labeling and 
rearranging necessitated by current developments. 
Office matters. The correspondence has been along the same 
general lines as before, though the European corn borer and the 
gipsy moth on account of their outstanding importance, have occu- 
pied a somewhat prominent place. 
The general routine work has made unusually heavy demands upon 
the Entomologist and his assistant, the latter being in charge of the 
office and responsible for the correspondence and other matters dur- 
ing the absence of the entomologist. 
