CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. OFFICERS AND STAFF. BOARD OF CONTROL. His Excellency, Marcus H. Holcomb, ex-officio, President. Protein Research. Botany. Entomology. Forestry. Plant Breeding. Vegetable Growing. * E. H. JENKINS, PH. D., Director and Treasurer. Orange Elmwood MISS L. M. BRAUTLECHT, Bookkeeper and Stenographer. †JOHN PHILLIPS STREET, M.S., Chemist in charge. C. B. MORISON, B.S., C. E. SHEPHERD, M. D'ESOPO, PH.В. HUGO LANGE, Laboratory Helper. V. L. CHURCHILL, Sampling Agent. } Assistants. T. B. OSBORNE, PH.D., D.Sc., Chemist in Charge. G. P. CLINTON, SC.D., Botanist. E. M. STODDARD, B.S., Assistant Botanist. MISS F. A. McCORMICK, PH.D., Scientific Assistant. W. E. BRITTON, PH.D., Entomologist; State Entomologist. Q. S. LOWRY, B.Sc., I. W. DAVIS, B.Sc., | Assistants. Miss G. A. FOOTE, B.A., Stenographer. WALTER O. FILLEY, Forester; also State Forester and State Forest Fire Warden A. E. Moss, M.F., Assistant State and Station Forester. DONALD F. JONES, M.S., Plant Breeder. C. D. HUBBELL, Assistant. W. C. PELTON, B.S. Died January 10, 1918. Absent on leave, In U. S. Service. House. Eradicating the Little House Ant or Pharaoh's Ant from a Dwelling The Yellow-Necked Caterpillar. The Red-Humped Caterpillar.. The Hickory Tussock Moth and Other Closely Allied Species. Some Insects Injuring Stored Food Products in Connecticut. Eggs of the European Lackey Moth on Nursery Stock from Disappearance of The Tent Caterpillar. A Bark Miner of Apple Twigs. A Leaf-Roller on Spiraea... Abundance of Grasshoppers. An Injurious Weevil Attacking Red Pine.. Wheat Midge Injuring Rye in Connecticut. SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE State Entomologist of Connecticut To the Director and Board of Control of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station: I have the honor to submit the following pages as my seventeenth report as State Entomologist of Connecticut for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1917. This report contains brief accounts of the various lines of inspection and control work placed under the State Entomologist by legislative enactment; the chief entomological features of the season; and several special articles dealing with injurious insects which embody the results of study and observation by members of the staff. Respectfully submitted, W. E. BRITTON, State Entomologist. REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST FROM OCTOBER IST, 1916, TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1917. Memorandum:-This account of the State Entomologist has been audited by the State Auditors of Public Accounts. The items of $10.50 and $434.00 credited above as received from the State Comptroller are transfers from other appropriations to cover time expended on work for which such appropriations were made. SUMMARY OF INSPECTION AND OFFICE WORK. 325 samples of insects received for identification. 86 nurseries inspected. 86 regular certificates granted. 40 parcels of nursery stock inspected and certified. 49 orchards and gardens examined. 163 shipments, containing 682 cases, 1,706,977 plants imported nursery stock inspected. 45 shipments, or 28 per cent. found infested with insects or fungi. 473 apiaries, containing 4,506 colonies, inspected. 79 apiaries, containing 219 colonies, found infested with European foul brood. 2 apiaries, containing 8 colonies, found infested with American foul brood. 7 apiaries, containing 9 colonies, found infested with pickled or sac brood. 2026 letters written on official work. 435 post cards written on official work. 171 reports of inspection to Federal Horticultural Board. 890 bulletins, etc., mailed on request or to answer inquiries. 84 packages sent by mail or express. 30 lectures and addresses made at institutes, granges, etc. PUBLICATIONS OF ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, 1917. By W. E. Britton: Sixteenth Report of the State Entomologist (Part II of Station Report for 1916); 82 pages, 3 figures, xvi plates; 10,000 copies distributed in April. |