New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-14
ACADEMY or SCIENCES
ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY EXPLAINED.
PAPERS READ BY Professors C. II. PICK, NEW
BERRY AND JAMES HALL.

PAPERS READ BY PROFESSORS C. II. PICK, NEW
BERRY AND JAMES HALL
ALBANY, Nov. 13.-The few remaining MEN,
bcrs OF the National Academy Sciences listened first
to-day to tho paper by Professor Lintner the State
EntomoOgst Of New-York, on Economic Entomology
DR.. Harris, Of Cambridge. laid the foundations OF this
science less than half century and his work on the
insects of Massachusetts is to-day as valuable a. when
first Issued. New York Asa Fitch gave the first de-
cided impulse the study His fourteen reports dating
from 1891 TO 1857 valuable contributions to science
The publication OF these reports led tc tho appointment
OF state EntO moogsts by several states More thah
fifty State reports appeared since then. The most
notable are those Riley, OF Missouri The
General Government carly moved IN the same direction
Later. In connection with the survey OF the
Territories, a special commission, including Packard.
was appointed to report on the lOcusts; aferward
several other insects. The labors OF the commission
have nearly terminated giving valuable results lhc
leading posons for insects Paris green. London
purple pyrethrum largely cultivated In California;
and kerosene Oil-the latter almost panacea IL is
fatal to insects also fatal to plant life as we'll IL
has been applied by spraying IN emulsion with milk
A later discovery is Its application with soap. report
recently received from the State ssatOn at Geneva lnd
Gates that emulsion with moasses is still less detri
mental to the plant yet fatal to insects The spraying
OF cotton plants at tho South Is now done on large
scale.
forms OF I'm sect life has wonderfully facilitated the DIFF
fusion OF insects An example found in insects pecu
lar apples OF which there now 200 yet tho appo
was indigenous ana all these species have followed
its introduction. Commerce brings many insect pests
from the Old World without bringing also the parasites
which there prey upon thcm and Keep them IN check
Under the stimulus OF new environment insects some,
times develop new prOpen,iiics here. The carpet
beetle has eaten carpets IN Europe. yet since us
introduction here only ten years ago, 1t has become
such deNasiatOr 10 give rise to apprehension
that carpets must 20, and DO supplancd by PERSIAN
Professor C. H. Peek. state BotAnl't real pap. on
the New-York state lIerbaridm" II WAS begun he
SAID, at the beginning OF the ge"logicai survey 81 '
state nearly hfty years ago Dr John TORY, mo Doh-
snrrs az 1uts of which all except about sixty species
were howcrin@ plants The design wa thlt u Shnnt
contain specimens o. all III" plants found growing WIG
N the aa'S 6n' VIZ IN, ih, VI urrbari
ceased and was not renewed until nearly twenty-five
years At that time II contained no specimen OF tho
lower orders OF ianIs no moss h['I1 4t' oS 90
species Of plants. OF whc fully )ue bali ne iuns ana
Of tc-c tcro are numerous ypc specimens winch give
10 the Uer,rluu great sci,uth valrc. The improved
ana iiycr-' methods eur"yrG ip IA" Prcp'rHi@i aii
preservation o. the different kind % plants AN" tue 'a,t
amount OF labor Npcuicd thereon were Indicated An
annual report progress his been published IN con
Distributed among the hotiu-t- Of ne country
Professor Ncwbcrry, I'm h- paper on "facolorm
Fishes" reported the - co'cry ~ ONO OF to,'!' ol
.ls,uiic fishes. which hc names duichthys AMI tliah-
h l7;6 IhrY are allied q me co'c ru'' o"l arc iVp
large. being nitccn feet long ono -r'tc7 h'"
Law WITH sharp emitting tuLt0 DOM dhoN' anu b''N
The other hl msud Dee aut mdyilLr} bone >ct win
teeth Professor Gould found specie, ~ WhltL the
bones about the eye prr-cI"c eel
Professor Jainc. Hal, in his paper on " I1mcIl.
brancnat1 Fauna Of Drvouiau Rocks oi THIS state.
gave tho result, OF his Nr-tigatiuus Tie Itr-rut
number o., these species found ~ tIc bcYoHan Is 49,
nciul larger number than o. al Luropt IRON ,h'
Or-klu, upward there of shore drpu,ii' which
favor these shells than any other futm OF nc a.
the continent W. graln NY ,in- "' oI in" wafer 30
that drt land urclu VIII "a" Hamilton group
r.olc-'p, H"yC[l .nTG -,. That t'c cy lie
bsi. of tht crctIccou- formation M Nrv-Ir7'Y
They furnish the material for the pottery 30 largely man
u:acturcl at Perth Ambpy, Arlington and Nooi"r'-c
President Marsh. IN CLOSING tho s"o-ion cNpr' -rd 10"
gratitude OF tho academy 10 the people i'f tcr hos
Itaiy and regret that the pIp"i7 hid boon 500 'lEry
To- huicIl Chancellor Person responded lh p'Hdi OF
the ytflOu, local committees