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From a perusal of this brief survey our readers will, we 

 think, scarcely fail to realise the extreme " thoroughness " 

 which characterises all the work of the Washington Bureau 

 of Economic Entomology and the affiliated associations. No 

 trouble or no expense is considered too great for the objects 

 in view ; and that this is the right policy to pursue in matters 

 of this nature is demonstrated by the marked success which has 

 attended most of the Bureau's efforts. Had it not been for these 

 efforts, it is probably quite safe to say that many branches of 

 horticulture and agriculture in the United States and its de- 

 pendencies would by this time have been literally eaten out 

 of existence by insects. 



Without instituting any invidious comparisons as to what 

 has been or what has not been done in this line of work in other 

 countries, it is perfectly legitimate to affirm that the important 

 position assigned by the Government of the United States to 

 economic entomology, and the manner in which the practical 

 work is carried out by the executive staff, afford a brilliant 

 example of energy, perseverance, and efficiency to the world 

 at large. 



Literature 



The Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil. U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Division [Bureau] 



of Entomology, Bulletin No. 45, Washington, 1904. 

 Catalogue of the Exhibit of Economic Entomology at the Louisiana Purchase 



Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. Ibid. No. 47, 1904. 

 Some Miscellaneous Results of the Work of the Bureau of Entomology. Ibid. 



No. 54, 1905. 

 The Rearing of Queen Bees. Ibid. No. 55, 1905. 

 The Black Hills Beetle. Ibid. No. 56, 1905. 



Report on Miscellaneous Cotton Insects in Texas. Ibid. No. 57, 1906. 

 Proliferation as a Factor in the Control of the Cotton-Boll Weevil. Ibid. No. 59, 



1906. 

 Proceedings of the \Zth Annual Meeting of the Association of Economic 



Entomologists. Ibid. No. 60, 1906. 

 The Laws against Injurious Insects, etc., in the Utiited States. Ibid. No. 61, 



1906. 

 The San Jose' or Chinese Scale. Ibid. No. 62, 1906. 

 Hibernation and Development of the Cotton-Boll Weevil. Ibid. No. 63, Part I. 



1907. 

 An Ant Enemy of the Cotton-Boll Weevil. Ibid. No. 63, Part III. 1907. 

 The Gipsy-Moth and how to Control it. Ibid. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 275, 1907. 

 Leaf-Hoppers and their Natural Enemies. Report of the Experiment of the 

 Hawaiian Sugar-Planters' Association. Bulletin No. 1, Parts I. to IX. 



Honolulu, 1905-6. 



